[Freeswitch-users] Confused about conferences

[Chris Burns]

I couldn't imagine managing a conference without a GUI. I need to see who is
making noise so I can boot/mute em ;)

If I were you I would dive into ESL and make a simple web app to frontend
the conferences. There will surely be something in contrib to get you
started.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Bradley Brashier <bjbrashier at gmail.com>wrote:

> So it sounds like "set" can work. But you'd still have to parse it. And
> even then it's not recommended.
>
> I have another couple of possible methods for you:
> 1) modification of mod_conference.
> 2) event socket.
>
> If you modify mod_conference, you can probably do what you want, but it
> obviously requires using C and modifying existing code.
>
> If you use the event socket, you've got a bigger learning curve, perhaps,
> but you can use a variety of languages, your code is separate (and therefore
> easier to maintain), and you then know how the event socket works in case
> you need to do something else later.
>  Good luck with whatever you end up doing.
>
> BB
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Alan Chandler <
> alan at chandlerfamily.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Bradley Brashier wrote:
>>  >  I wrote:
>> >  >This is a significant new fact for me.  What you seem to be doing is
>> >  >calling the commands referenced in the conference api here
>> >  >
>> >  >http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_conference#API_Reference
>> >  >
>> >  >by using application="conference" and then the data string as the
>> second
>> >  >part of the command.  Am I correct in the assumption that you can do
>> this.
>> >
>> > I agree that that's what it looks like. What I don't know is if it
>> > works. I got this example from the page
>> > http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Conferencing_and_Intercom. I never did
>> > exactly what you're trying, and never tried using the API in this
>> fashion.
>>
>> I just found this - which I think helps
>>
>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_commands#From_the_Dialplan
>>
>> An API can be called from the dialplan but it is not recommended. Example:
>>
>>  <extension name="Make API call from Dialplan">
>>    <condition field="destination_number" expression="^(999)$">
>>      <!-- next line calls hupall, so be careful! -->
>>      <action application="set"
>> data="api_result=${hupall(normal_clearing)}"/>
>>    </condition>
>>  </extension>
>>
>> Anyway - thanks for you help - I am going away to rethink that
>> particular interface again.  Its getting so complicated that it might be
>> better to copy the Javascript approach in the examples.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>  Alan Chandler
>> http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
>>
>>
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