[Freeswitch-users] Skypiax as a windows service

[UV]

Hi Giovanni,

We tried every available fake audio driver (i.e. virtual audio cable) but
with no satisfying results.
As for the Skype as a service - that's not a problem. It's working fine -
but only on Session 0 - which makes it inaccessible for the SkypeAPI from
Skypiax.
The problem is not unique to RDP - but most notable when running the Skypiax
via RDP session.
You'll be able to replicate this problem whenever the Skypiax is not running
in the same session / userID of the Skype.
Decoupling the Skyiax from FS will solve the problem as I assume it'll use
TCP/IP (winsock) to interface with FS - therefore, I can run it still on the
same machine but two separate sessions. However, I think getting the Skypiax
to work as a service will be more beneficial regardless if it's decoupled or
not.

Keep up the good work,

Cheers,
UV


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Giovanni
Maruzzelli
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:28 AM
To: freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Skypiax as a windows service

Hi UV,

seems a difficult one this one.

I have no much experience in RDP/terminal server.

If there is no way to have (or fake) audio driver on RDP/terminal
server apps, probably the Skype clients will not works (as you
experienced).

I'm sure, I've read it (:-) ), that Skype clients can be run on a
Windows machine as services, without any user logged in.

That is what I would explore in the future, just adding the How To to
the wiki page.

What you are experiencing seems to be different, seems to be specific
to the RDP/terminal server usage. I'm I understanding you correctly
(that this is specific to RDP)?

Can you send me more info/hints?

In parallel, I'm slowly working on a way to farm out the Skype clients
from the FS servers, so to have the Skype clients running on different
machines on the same LAN. I've a proof of concept working on Linux for
one channel.

You think this would solve your problems (having the Skype clients
running on separate machines other than the machines running FS)?

I'm just back from Easter vacations, please allow a couple days for
the accumulated backlog ;-)

Thanks a lot for taking the time to explore Skypiax and report this,
gm


Sincerely,

Giovanni Maruzzelli
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gmaruzz at celliax dot org
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:32 PM, UV <uv at yuvalhertzog.com> wrote:
> Great work on Skypiax, Giovanni.
>
>
>
> We’ve tested it in our lab for sometime and it works very well.
>
> Unfortunately, when we tried deploying it on a production environment
> (running Win2K3 server farm), we ran into a barrier:
>
> FS is running as terminal server console application (to be easily
> maintained remotely by RDP)
> This is because Win2K does not allow RDP to access system console (session
> /userid 0)
> Skype does not work on terminal server due to a well known disappearing
> audio drivers problem, therefore it has to run either as a console or a
> service (both on session 0).
> FS can run well as a windows service
> Skypiax seem to load as service, but it can’t find the skype client and
exit
> with the following error:
>
> 2009-04-13 20:54:14 [ERR] mod_skypiax.c:990 load_config() rev
> 13006M[00000000|37     ][ERRORA  990  ][skype_user    ][-1, 0, 0] Failed
to
> connect to a SKYPE API for interface_id=1, no SKYPE client running, please
> (re)start Skype client. Skypiax exiting
>
>
>
> This situation prevents me to run skypiax in production.
>
>
>
> I understand from the wiki page that windows service is not done yet – so
I
> presume this is a predicted outcome.
>
>
>
> Any idea when and if this is planned to be implemented?
>
>
>
> Keep up the good work!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> UV
>
>
>
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