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How to create a Open Source Video Conferencing Server using Asterisk? Is it possible? I would like to create a n-way conference call but I cant using MeetMe and zaptel. I don't have Digium hardware. I am using asterisk 1.8 on ubuntu 10.10.

Need some advices. How to do this?

APpreciate!!

user1222905
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Asterisk able do only following video conference: one person speaking, all other see that person.

To create that use ConfBridge or Meetmee, but ensure before that u have video call between ALL party and all have SAME video codec and SAME video size/bitrate.

Asterisk not support mixing or change of videostream. See vmuktu and BigBlueButton for examples of video conferences.

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Yes there is alternative and the better one! you should try ConfBridge even ConfBridge was introduced since Asterisk 1.6.2 but as per your video requirement I suggest you to upgrade Asterisk version to Asterisk 10 see here for new features

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  • can you give me some examples with MeetMe. I've done a test but there is no video. In extensions.conf I've written exten => 1234,Meetme(1234); where 1234 is the conf room. There is no video. Why? – user1222905 Mar 09 '12 at 14:35
  • 1.10 is VERY buggy now. use 1.6-1.8 – arheops Mar 09 '12 at 20:14
  • So, first of all, its Asterisk 10, not 1.10. As far as "very buggy", I'm not sure what you're referring to. There have been a few issues reported against the video capabilities in ConfBridge, but those have been resolved as of 10.2.0. If you have a problem with video support in ConfBridge, then I highly recommend you report it on the Asterisk issue tracker. – Matt Jordan Mar 09 '12 at 22:16