I really like Ed's suggestions regarding bandwidth and especially the screen-sharing upgrades. One additional useful function would be a screenshot tool so that users can take a screenshot at any time and have the file automatically saved in the room files.
Thanks. Dan On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:23 PM, BBS Technik <dormiti...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think, one of the gratest liminations for satisfactory video > conferencing with om is the limited bandwidth of internet connections of > the clients . > Therefore I would like to suggest the following ideas for a GSoC project : > > 1. The image size of the videos transferred from the om server to the > clients should be adapted to the video window size set in the recipient > client. > Thus the recipient client itself could influence the transferred amount of > data to it. > Then all the participants achieve the best possible result for them. > > 2. A second proposal concerns that the screensharing bandwidth > requirements has an great impact on the overall quality of the video > conference. > Here, in a project the existing function of sreen sharing could be > expanded and enhanced. > For example, the possibility for the transfer on only one application > window, regardless of its size. > Or the possibility of shared browsing with a locally installed browser. > Moreover, certainly an improvement of the used compression method would be > a very good project topic. > > I would be happy if the subject of bandwidth consumption would plays a > role in the selected GSoC project . > > Best regards > > Ed > > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > Datum: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:44:54 +1300 > > Von: "seba.wag...@gmail.com" <seba.wag...@gmail.com> > > An: dev <d...@openmeetings.apache.org> > > CC: user@openmeetings.apache.org > > Betreff: GSoC project ideas wanted > > > Google Summer of Code is about to start soon! > > Google sponsors every student with 4500USD. Plus 500 for the Apache > > Foundation. > > > > We are searching for ideas what porential students can do. > > Ideas from Non-Developers are welcome too! > > > > We will add the ideas to JIRA then with a special label so students can > > find it. > > > > Sebastian > -- Daniel Ascher, M.Ed. President A+ Test Prep and Tutoring "Creating Bright Futures" 505 York Road, Suite 6 Jenkintown, PA 19046 Office: 215.886.9188 Direct: 267.242.9640 www.aplustutoring.com
