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Chapter 8, Desktop Programs
#64 Motion Capture and Video Conferencing Fun
HACK
Open H323 driver from http://www.openh323.org. It is required to make
PC-to-phone calls. To actually make calls with GnomeMeeting you need to
register a MicroTelco account on http://www.linuxjack.com. This gives you
a login and PIN number that you can enter into the GnomeMeeting set-
tings. Finally, plug your normal phone device (analog phone, cordless
phone, etc.) into the Quicknet hardware, and dial the phone as normal.
HACK
#64
Motion Capture and Video Conferencing Fun Hack #64
Keep an eye on the world with your webcam.
Some years back, it was the height of geek cred to have a webcam. At that
point in history, the average webcam was a hulking device that looked more
like a CCTV camera and cost an inordinate amount of money. Many of
these bulky units also needed an expensive video card to squeeze the huge
amounts of data through weedy ‘486 processors. Since those early days, the
success of the webcam has catapulted and virtually everyone has picked one
up for peanuts.
With this explosion of webcams and the rapid growth in broadband speed,
videoconferencing has become something of a reality. “Create an Internet
Phone”
[Hack #63] covered how to use the GnomeMeeting application to make
phone calls over the Internet. In this hack, I cover the video conferencing
side of GnomeMeeting as well as explore how to enable motion ...