Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-22 Thread Ravi Teja
> Someone said about VNC... I'll take a look, but since it is an > exercise I need to do it, Exercises typically need you to implement, not invent (leave that for a thesis or a dissertation). Rather than invent VNC, you could just implement it on your own from the specs. http://realvnc.com/docs/r

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-22 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
2006/9/22, Paolo Pantaleo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thnx everybody for the precious help :) > > Someone said about VNC... I'll take a look, but since it is an > exercise I need to do it, I can't just say someone else arelady did > that :) > > Everything seems quite useful. I forgot two specifications:

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-22 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
Thnx everybody for the precious help :) Someone said about VNC... I'll take a look, but since it is an exercise I need to do it, I can't just say someone else arelady did that :) Everything seems quite useful. I forgot two specifications: 1. Screen should be split in small squares and only the c

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-21 Thread Ravi Teja
> I need to write a software that allow to see the desktop That would be the VNC protocol. Don't reinvent the wheel. VNC is relatively efficient in that it only updates the portions of the screen that changed. Maybe this project could be your starting point. PyVNC http://bdash.net.nz/blog/2005/0

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-21 Thread sturlamolden
Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > Well I need something like 5-10 fps. An issue is the comression > method: MPEG and friends aren't good (I think) for compressing stuff > with sharp borders. Maybe I could use A sequence of PNG images, but it > isn't a great solution. You probably want to use is VideoCaptu

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-21 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
19 Sep 2006 09:42:51 -0700, Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you're going to need win32 system access use the win32all python > extension (very, very good extension). Do you need single frame image > capture, or constant video stream? PIL can be used for the first, it > might also be usable for vi

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-19 Thread Jordan
If you're going to need win32 system access use the win32all python extension (very, very good extension). Do you need single frame image capture, or constant video stream? PIL can be used for the first, it might also be usable for video, I'm not sure. For sound, python comes with some built in li