[mythtv] Video Conferencing Plugin

[Paul Volkaerts]

> I'd love to see a SIP (or IAX2) compliant conference tool for Myth, but
> I really think that some of the more complex stuff (like voice rec and
> an interface to recording stuff, etc) may be overkill.  Most of the
> required capabilities are already implemented in Asterisk (which would
> also give you the capability to interface it to a standard phoneline as
> well as IP phones).  Asterisk is a bit of overkill for a simple home
> phone system, but it doesn't require a lot of resources (it could be
> run on your Myth box), and it makes more sense than re-inventing the
> wheel...

I don't know much about Asterisk; but I believe it is a PBX. If so, then a
SIP interface on Myth seems to be complimentary, since it can look like a
phone to Asterisk. And this way, the GUI is built as a Myth plugin. But for
people without Asterisk, you can stil make calls to other Mythfrontends
(either your own or across the Internet) without the need to load Asterisk
somewhere. And as for IAX - other people suggested this but I am dead
against proprietary protocols.


>
> Asterisk already does voicemail, and has a hook for TTS engines.  It
> supports scripting using pretty much any language.  I've actually been
> working on a Myth interface to the Asterisk voicemail system in my
> spare time, and I've written a very simple AGI script to relay asterisk
> callerid info to the Myth notify functionality (mail me if you'd like
> it).
>
> Just as an added question - what are you using for a microphone for your
> conferencing system?

I use the microphone built into my webcam (a Logitec 4000).

Paul