Hi all, I want to have conference calls over the internet with my family and friends. I know very little about voip. I used for the last year or so gnomemeeting, pear-to-pear (opened firewalls on both ends), which was mostly good enough for two-way calls. Now I want 3+ participants. I also want some of them to be Windows clients. We tried skype, and it works, but has several drawbacks (in addition to the things discussed here about it quite a lot): 1. As far as I understand each client sends its output to each of the others. I want each client to send once to a server, which will mix all inputs and send the result to each client. 2. At least the linux version isn't very stable for me - it hangs after half an hour of talk or so. 3. It has no "mute" button (in the linux version).
I also tried using gnomemeeting with openmcu, which seems to do exactly what I want, but it didn't work at all. Did anyone manage to use it with the binaries of Debian (sid or sarge), or compiled from source for that matter? It seems that the right protocol to choose is sip and friends, with which I have very little experience, and for which I could not find (easily) such a thing. My current wishlist: * mix voice and video for several clients * support both linux and windows, at least one stable good client on each * server runs on linux * has (the clients) "mute" button, which also stops sending traffic (unlike what happens if I simply unplug my mic) * optionally supports echo-cancellation. If it does, has an option to disable it. I usually find it very annoying and could not find how to stop it in either skype or netmeeting. * optionally support text messages * optionally support presence * would rather not need tweaking with firewall settings on any of the clients, but only (if at all) on the server. I'd like to hear other's opinions and experiences. I'd also like to hear about available existing servers that allow free (gratis) such use. I only tried one of them - fwd, which worked well with several sip clients (including ekiga and twinkle), but which does not seem to support conference calls on the server. -- Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
