[TriLUG] Video/Web/Screen Sharing Solution

[Ron Joffe]

If memory serves me right, the guys at tightvnc were working on something 
called reflector, some type of multicast vnc protocol.

Ron



On Friday 06 June 2008 07:28, Tim Jowers wrote:
> Hi Chander,
>
> Please keep us posted on what you find out. We looked at this with VNC
> and performance goes to hell after about 6 people connect.
>
> Tim
>
> On 6/4/08, Paul G. Szabady <paul at thyservice.com> wrote:
> > Chander,
> >
> > Have you looked into Sakai (http://sakaiproject.org/)?  Admittedly it
> > doesn't integrate the video, but you might be able to integrate that
> > easily.
> >
> >  From their website:
> >
> > Web Content Tool
> > The Web Content tool allows worksite owners to choose a website to
> > display within the Sakai frame. The Web Content button in the left-hand
> > menu is customizable so you can create a label for the button that
> > matches the website you've chosen to display.
> >
> >      Examples of use
> >      Instructors who want to provide many links to websites for their
> > students may list them in Resources, but choose the most important for
> > the Web Content feature.
> >
> >      Departments, collaborations, or other groups may choose to use Web
> > Content to provide a prominent link to their public website within their
> > Sakai worksite.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Paul
> > @ Thy Service
> >
> > Chander Ganesan wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to put together a basic framework for some e-learning
> >> initiatives that we have here.  Basically, I want to combine streaming
> >> voice/video with screen sharing to provide distance education.  I've
> >> been looking, and it seems there is no open source solution that
> >> combines these two technologies together.  Does anyone here know of any
> >> (or has implemented any?)
> >>
> >> This would all be done in real-time..
> >>
> >> I've been looking at VideoLAN for streaming audio/video, but don't see
> >> any good screen sharing type tools out there...
> >>
> >> thanks
> >
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