Hi there,

I'm currently looking for a video conferencing server to use in our company.

The background is that we have several sites around the country and it would be great if we could have a weekly conference call. Using this over phones is both boring and costly so the idea was to do it over webcam instead.

I know that it's no problem using things like NetMeeting but I would like to host it on Linux and keep it inside the companys network.

Does anyone know of a video conferencing server software that can be used? It would be great if it was compatible with Netmeeting etc.

TIA, Mike

GnomeMeeting is the linux equivilant of NetMeeting, and it is compatable with it. I don't know about the server-side though, as both NetMeeting and GnomeMeeting are primarily client-client applications. It can handle multiple calls however, so I assume conferencing could be done with it.

I also just found links on the GnomeMeeting site to other open video software - check out http://www.gnomemeeting.org/index.php?rub=6

If you have a good network, you can run two Video Lan Clients. One captures your conference and sends it to a server or to a distant party. The other is for you to view the other conference. Video Lan Client works with Mac, Windows, and Linux. Video and audio takes a consider amounts of bandwidth. A 5 megabit per second upload bandwidth is needed to get a decent video and audio quality.

I do not suggest using a web cam because it gives crappy video quality. I suggest a PCI video capture card and a camcorder.

Cheers for your replies! It looks like MCU from openh323.org could be exactly what I'm looking for.

// Mike

hi, have u ever made it?! does it work well?
thx

I've recently drug across this forum looking for a solution as well. I stumbled upon TokBox:
http://www.vertigion.com/TokBox

Hope this helps ...

Im quite sure Lifesize does this