Re: NetMeeting with 3 people

OK,

Where is this community??

Cheers

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:43:02 -0700, Gareth
> <Gareth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Hello
> >
> >I need to set up video conferencing for 3 people within my organisation.
>
> I think you meant to post in the newsgroup
> >microsoft.public.iternet.netmeeting<
>
> >have tried using NetMeeting for this, now i can see video between 2 of them
> >but the 3rd one just shows blank screen. Is there a way of all 3 people
> >viewing everyone in the confernce??
>
> Not really on its own, as Netmeeting is designed to be a point to
> point communications client. Are they all on the same LAN ?
>
> However, you can make a workaround because you can share your
> netmeeting "local video" windows as a program (rather like a moving
> screenshot). The quality is poor however and there won't be any sound
> from the 3rd party.
>
> >I have not found much on this and as i have not used this software before i
> >am struggling slightly.
>
> Your best option with netmeeting is to run a "MCU Server", MCU stands
> for multiparty conference unit (they're also known as "Reflectors"
> which reflect video between clients). You can get an open source one
> called OpenMCU but it's going to be quite hard to configure the first
> time.
>
> >If it is not possible, can anyone suggest a Very cheep or free video
> >conferencing tool??
>
> CuSeeme version 5 can still be found on the internet. There are public
> reflectors available with almost never anybody else on them. It's one
> way to go (though you may struggle to also find one with voice call
> support). You may find it's not an option if you aren't going outside
> your provate LAN, as the routers of your LAN may not allow the return
> path from the refelector *back in* to your network.
>
> >I have found a couple of free ones that allow one to one conferencing but
> >none that allow multiway confernecing (without paying)
>
> Well you'll have to pay - either in cash, or in a lot of time
> configuring your own system. Not everything on the internet is free
> ;-)
>
> Cheers - Neil
>
.

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