On 21.07.2011 15:40:45 seba.wag...@gmail.com wrote: > We would like to propose Openmeetings project to join the incubator. > > Full Proposal: > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenmeetingsProposal > > Quick summary: > OpenMeetings is Web Conferencing application that fits into > educational or business sector. You can make conference sessions in > different room-types with up to 100 peoples in a Room. It contains all
Sounds very cool! But we need support for up to 300 people for the ASF member meeting. And a special video channel where we can see the faces of those that have to get up in the middle of the night to join the meeting. > main features of Web Conferencing: Audio/Video, Whiteboard, Screen > Sharing, Chat and Moderation System. It is translated into more then > 30 languages and its a basic goal of OpenMeetings to be easy to embed > into existing environments. It already uses many of Apache > Technologies like Tomcat, Mina, Velocity, Commons, ... > > As you can see below the last time we did the proposal we had > Hibernate in our software stack, we did refactor the hole project and > use openJPA now. > So that one should be no more blocker to it. > Red5 is used like a Servlet container and licensed under the LGPL, > Red5 can be obtained for example from the Debian Repository: > http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/red5-server > > You may find all existing documents and further material on the > GoogleCode pages: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ > > We appreciate any feedback and comments on the proposal. > > Sebastian Wagner > > 2009/11/9 Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org>: > > Just as a point of interest, I just completed a test meeting using > > OpenMeetings across three sites using the demo server. > > > > I was suitably impressed by the project. It has a few annoying > > limitations, but as an online meeting tool it is very good. to the > > extent that I will almost certainly be installing a copy on our own > > servers. I would be very happy to see it coming into the incubator and > > would be willing to be a mentor, assuming the legal issues are not > > blockers. > > > > Ross > > > > 2009/11/3 Alexei Fedotov <alexei.fedo...@gmail.com>: > >> Noel, > >> Regarding Theora codec, I have checked the page [1]. Currently, there > >> are no products which successfully use the codec for video > >> communication. Video-phone encodes and decodes the stream in > >> real-time, adopts the quality with regard to network conditions (e.g. > >> lost packet rate) and tries to minimize subjective effects of network > >> errors - the list of requirements is broader than for media players > >> Theora is mostly used. The work [2] says suggests using hardware > >> implementations for Theora codec because, otherwise "a computational > >> performance too high to be implemented in the camera by the universal > >> processor". > >> > >> So at least it requires some time and testing before I can say that > >> Theora-based solution is feasible. Another ecosystem change, like > >> embedding video-codecs in browsers, may resolve our need in a > >> different way. > >> > >> [1] http://www.vorbis.com/software/ > >> [2] http://www3.elphel.com/linuxtag/talks_2005/paper-11081 > >> > >> 2009/11/3 Noel J. Bergman <n...@devtech.com>: > >>> Alexei Fedotov wrote: > >>> > >>>> I see two long-term possibilities for synergy. > >>>> 1. BlueSky can integrate browser pannel in their client to handle a > >>>> whiteboard. In this case the code for whiteboard can be re-used in > >>>> both projects. > >>> > >>>> 2. They promise to get rid from mplayer and ffmpeg dependencies. If > >>>> they get a working streaming video-client under APL, this would help > >>>> us to remove the most imporant dependency from Flash. > >>> > >>> They are proposing to move to Theora/Vorbis, which is under a suitable > >>> license: http://www.vorbis.com/faq/#slic. Would that be suitable for your > >>> needs? > >>> > >>>> we [also] get more people on Apache who share the same task. > >>> > >>> Agreed. > >>> > >>> --- Noel > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> With best regards / ? ?????????? ???????????, > >> Alexei Fedotov / ??????? ???????, > >> http://www.telecom-express.ru/ > >> http://harmony.apache.org/ > >> http://www.expressaas.com/ > >> http://openmeetings.googlecode.com/ > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Ross Gardler > > > > OSS Watch - supporting open source in education and research > > http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > -- > Sebastian Wagner > http://www.webbase-design.de > http://openmeetings.googlecode.com > http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > seba.wag...@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
