Sorry if this is a really basic question, but how do SIP video phones work and what capabilities does FreeSwitch have in this regard? Does a PBX such as FS have to deal with the video stream, or does it just pass around a URL that the phone then uses as the source for the streaming video? Or is the video data all 'switched' along with the audio data? How would conference calls be handled? Is this part of the SIP standard, or is it all proprietary and just down to the phone designer/manufacturer? Ken G i l l e t t _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Just like the audio, but in a different stream. We don't do video transcoding at this time so it is passthrough only. We have basic support for video follow audio in conference bit it is still rough on transitions. Mike On Jan 1, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Ken Gillett <ken@ukgb.net> wrote:
Sorry if this is a really basic question, but how do SIP video phones work and what capabilities does FreeSwitch have in this regard?
Does a PBX such as FS have to deal with the video stream, or does it just pass around a URL that the phone then uses as the source for the streaming video? Or is the video data all 'switched' along with the audio data? How would conference calls be handled?
Is this part of the SIP standard, or is it all proprietary and just down to the phone designer/manufacturer?
Ken G i l l e t t
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I'm still rather in the dark about what might loosely be termed 'SIP Video Phone' and in particular how it can relate to FreeSwitch. How does a video call work? Is it really a standard that governs this? What happens if the destination has no display? Does the originating camera only start streaming video when the call is started? Is the above hardware dependent? What would be a good video softphone for the Mac? I have no prior knowledge of the working of such a video phone, but am trying to gain a better understanding. At least I want to know in what direction to research further, so hope someone can offer some basic ideas here. Ken G i l l e t t _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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