It’s been ages since I have even logged into my blog , let alone SVN update it. Signs of the busy time. Well I am back in Sweden after 3 months of roaming around (which included a trip back home, a short stay in Germany and work trip in Belgium for 6 weeks). I am glad that I don’t have to leave my room for a new one for at least next four months.
While in Abbottabad, I linked up my Mom’s Sony Bravia TV with a 35Euro second hand Pentium 4 box and a 14 Euro A4Tech camera(with builtin microphone). After installing DynDNS client, OpenVPN, Skype and Vino server on Ubuntu 9.04, I have my self a remote box which I can use for video conference. Since I am a big fan of Star Trek (especially DS9) I would like to have a linux distribution, whose sole purpose is to serve as a video communication terminal. What I fail to understand is why isn’t this technology (builtin cameras and mics in tv with internet connectivity) already built into TV screens.
I will post more details of my setup on the blog later, first I need to find an easy to use SIP/Video call client which can take calls automatically and show video in full screen.
Have you looked at Ekiga or TCPCam?
@Andreas: Ekiga has no full screen , besides I need a solution which can automatically recieve calls (I would need to implement both in Ekiga and trying to look for alternatives before I dive into C(yukkkk) code.Other option is SIP-communicator.TCPCam seems to be cam only solution (let me check)Thanks for the info.
I've never tried any of them, but i did a quick google and it seemed like those two where the one the internet was talking about. There is also a project called openH323 that might have some tools, but when i looked it up it seemed to abandoned or out of date.