From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 8 20:45:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA26528 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 20:45:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA26509 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 20:45:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA13450; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 20:25:44 -0800 (PST) To: Atipa cc: Mark Mayo , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Conferencing: was [hackers:] Architectural advice needed In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Dec 1997 19:59:14 MST." Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 20:25:44 -0800 Message-ID: <13445.881641544@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD has all the tools: Bt948/QuickCam/etc drivers, vat/tel, X11, irc, > etc. All it needs is an API and some compression (sxpc?). The only > "feature" the commercial apps have is MMX compression, which does very > well for audio/video compression. Is MMX under NDA only? Actually, the whole system of network chat rooms, shared whiteboards, video conferencing, etc, is already well available using the MBONE tools, now if only most of us could get *on* the MBONE anymore. :( CRL, the ISP for Walnut Creek CDROM (and hence me), doesn't pass MBONE traffic anymore and this situation is mirrored for many other folks I know of. I also had access to SGI's "InPerson" teleconferencing software, to port to FreeBSD and distribute freely (in binary form), but I never had time to do anything with this and the deal sort of died on the vine. "Oh well." :( Jordan