GnomeMeeting

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GnomeMeeting allows Linux and FreeBSD users to video conference with industry standard H.323 applications such as the Microsoft NetMeeting program for Windows. The program has proved extremely popular with users, and is now included in many Linux distributions as well as with FreeBSD.

GnomeMeeting uses the GNOME desktop or the popular KDE environment. Audio is supported via standard sound cards and video can be used from capture cards or USB cameras. ILS and LDAP directories can be used, and H.323 protocol support is provided by the OpenH323 library written by Equivalence Pty Ltd (http://www.openh323.org).

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Source

http://www.gnomemeeting.org/

Related Urls

GnomeMeeting wins Belgian IT Prize
http://www.openh323.org/pipermail/openh323/2002-February/019533.html

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FAQ

http://www.gnomemeeting.org/index.php?rub=3&pos=0

Will Netmeeting users be able to see me?

No, because Netmeeting asks to the ILS directory to list people using Netmeeting and not other software like GnomeMeeting, but you will be able to see those people and contact them. ils.seconix.com accepts to list all people, so if you want your family using Netmeeting to be able to contact you, ask them to register on ils.seconix.com.

Does anyone know if GnomeMeeting takes just as much bandwidth as NetMeeting?

It takes more bandwidth because Netmeeting has better codecs than GnomeMeeting. OpenH323 and/or GnomeMeeting couldn't pay for those codecs.

I can see people, but I do not hear them, or they don't hear me

The first thing to check is the "General History" (Tools->General History).

If you are transmitting sound, you should see that GnomeMeeting starts 2 channels, one for transmission, and one for reception. If no channels are opened for audio transmission and reception, it means that you have no common codec with the remote Endpoint. If that remote Endpoint is using Netmeeting, it could be a nice idea to make install the MS-GSM codec to your friend. (See the download section of www.gnomemeeting.org).

Why can't I connect my GnomeMeeting to a NetMeeting for Windows XP?

Is the Windows XP computer connected using dial-up? If so, please check if the personal firewall is enabled. It will block the communication and make GnomeMeeting to Netmeeting connections impossible. Disable it and it should work.

Version 0.94.1

ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/gnomemeeting-0.94.1-3.i386.rpm

Features

GnomeMeeting 0.94.1 is available in the downloads section. It is higly recommended to upgrade your OpenH323 (don't forget to remove the old versions before starting to compile). Here is a list of the new features:

NAT support has been improved. It is now enough to only forward ports to the internal host, you don't need anymore to patch the kernel, or install a gatekeeper or RSIP. The new technique is called IP Translation. You can even have several GnomeMeeting running behind a NAT/PAT gateway and listening on different ports, the callto URL is not dependant of the ports, for example, callto://ils.seconix.com/dsandras@seconix.com will always work whatever the port GnomeMeeting is listening on.
ILS support has been improved and extended into XDAP support, you can now define XML schemas defining how to register on servers, and thus also support LDAP servers.
ILS now displays a status icon, that way you will know if the person who is displayed is available, or not (in a call/in do not disturb mode). (That only works for people running 0.94)
Improved ILS browser, you can now apply search filters.
A new statistics window has been added, with a graphic displaying the speed of the different data streams.
A new call history window has been added.
Support for the BSD licensed Speex audio codec (better than GSM, less bandwidth) has been added.
The test image is now a moving GnomeMeeting logo. You can choose to transmit your camera image, the moving GnomeMeeting logo, or any picture in .jpg or .png file.
You have now a new video mode that has been added during calls: the possibility to see both remote and local video in resizeable separate windows. The size of those windows is remembered between sessions, the video mode that has been chosen is remembered too.
It is now possible to do a bilinear interpolation on displayed pictures to improve quality (quality is very good now, even when you are zooming).
There is a new status icon in the panel even for Gnome 2 users (patch to make it work under KDE will be ready for KDE 3.1)
New icons from Jimmac!
Improved Netmeeting compatibility.
Improved disconnection messages.

Comments

RedHat 8.0: Some people have reported that installing ALSA RPMs from freshrpms.net gave machine crashes while using GnomeMeeting. This bug has been investigated by some users, and their conclusion was that ALSA 0.9.0RC3 didn't give any problem. That could be a conflict between some RedHat kernel patches and ALSA 0.9.0RC5. Other users didn't complain (yet).

Version 0.93.1-4

Installation

poldek> install gnomemeeting
Processing dependencies...
gnomemeeting-0.93.1-4 marks openh323-1.9.3-4 (cap openh323 >= 1.9.3-1)
  openh323-1.9.3-4 marks pwlib-1.3.3-5 (cap pwlib >= 1.3.3)
gnomemeeting-0.93.1-4 marks SDL-1.2.4-5 (cap libSDL-1.2.so.0)
There are 4 packages to install (3 marked by dependencies):
I gnomemeeting-0.93.1-4
D SDL-1.2.4-5, openh323-1.9.3-4, pwlib-1.3.3-5
Executing rpm --upgrade -vh --root / --noorder...
warning: /mnt/rpms-org//SDL-1.2.4-5.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:SDL                    ########################################### [ 25%]
   2:pwlib                  ########################################### [ 50%]
   3:openh323               ########################################### [ 75%]
   4:gnomemeeting           ########################################### [100%]