Changes between Version 69 and Version 70 of GSoC2008/VoiceAndVideo

Timestamp:

Jul 21, 2008, 6:45:29 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Maiku

Comment:

Compact, clarify, and correct.

GSoC2008/VoiceAndVideo

@@ -1 +1 @@
 == GSoC2008: Voice and Video Support ==
+
+Disclaimer: This page is only about voice and video for XMPP/GTalk. See [wiki:vv] for information about the rest of the protocols.
 
 Student: [wiki:Maiku Mike Ruprecht (Maiku)]
 
-=== To-Do: ===
+=== Status: ===
  1. Port Pidgin to use Farsight 2 (Done: until the next version is released)
  1. Finish XMPP audio conference implementation (Making good progress: it works)
@@ -9 +11 @@
   * Fix up Pidgin voice conversation support
   * Complete XMPP voice conversation support
-  * Add support for GTalk's voice conversation implementation (requires libnice)
+  * Add support for GTalk's voice conversation implementation (Requires libNice: unreleased for Farsight2)
  1. Implement XMPP video conference implementation (Making good progress: it works)
   * Add libPurple video conversation support
@@ -15 +17 @@
   * Add XMPP video conversation support
 
+Note: until Farsight 2's ICE transmitter (libnice) is
+completed, NAT traversal might not work very well. ~~So, if you're behind a
+firewall, you'll probably only be able to start sessions within your
+local network.~~
+
+Update: now that STUN works with the rawudp transmitter, calls should work through NATs to some degree.
+
 === Tips for Testers: ===
-Make sure you are using the latest revision of [http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/branch/shortchanges/im.pidgin.soc.2008.vv im.pidgin.soc.2008.vv] before asking questions and submitting bug reports. It might be a good idea to review [http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/UsingPidginMonotone UsingPidginMonotone].
+Please be familiar with compiling and installing code from source. Please also submit any bugs you find to Trac ([wiki:TipsForBugReports]).
 
-If you're following the UsingPidginMonotone HOWTO, use "im.pidgin.soc.2008.vv" instead of "im.pidgin.pidgin".
+Make sure you are using the latest revision of [http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/branch/shortchanges/im.pidgin.soc.2008.vv im.pidgin.soc.2008.vv] before asking questions and submitting bug reports. It might be a good idea to review [wiki:UsingPidginMonotone]. You'll want to use "im.pidgin.soc.2008.vv" instead of "im.pidgin.pidgin".
 
-For help with building, see [http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Installing%20Pidgin#Compiling Compiling Pidgin]. Please carefully read through that section and any extra information for the distribution you're using.
+For help with building, see [wiki:"Installing Pidgin#Compiling"]. Please carefully read through that section and any extra information for the distribution you're using.
 
 Make sure you have:
@@ -30 +39 @@
  * gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10
 
-If you've got everything in order, your ./configure line should output at least the following two lines:
+If you've got everything in order, the configure script should output this line:
 
-checking for GSTREAMER... yes
-
-checking for FARSIGHT... yes
-
-Note: until Farsight 2's ICE transmitter (libnice) is
-completed, NAT traversal might not work very well. ~~So, if you're behind a
-firewall, you'll probably only be able to start sessions within your
-local network.~~
-
-Update: now that STUN works with the rawudp transmitter, calls should work through NATs to some degree.
+ Build with voice and video.... yes
 
 ==== Additional Tips for Debian/Ubuntu Users: ====
@@ -55 +55 @@
 ==== Additional Tips for Fedora Core 9+ Users: (Kyrian) ====
 
+You have to use FC9 or higher, otherwise the GStreamer base package is too old to support Farsight2.
+
 You'll need these packages from the Fedora package repositories, instead of the ones listed above:
 
@@ -66 +68 @@
  * [http://farsight.freedesktop.org/releases/farsight2/ farsight2-0.10]
 
-You have to use FC9+ because otherwise the gstreamer base package is too old to support the farsight2 package above, and rebuilding it is impractical because things like mplayer, totem and all other multimedia stuff might be killed by that.
-
-There is a .spec file in the MTN version of Pidgin, which you could leverage to build an RPM of this, but we're assuming here that you have a standard version of Pidgin already installed and don't wish to overwrite it.
-
 Because the Pidgin configure script only looks at files available to the 
 "pkg-config" command, and gnutls causes crashes, you need to use the following configure incantation:
@@ -76 +74 @@
 
 And then "make && make install" as normal.
-
-That will build for everything that does work (I think), support is not completed for everything yet, so it won't all work.
-
-=== Currently Working(TBC): ===
-
-This is to save people trouble if the features they want to test are not yet available.
-
- * Video/voice preferences.
- * Video 'preview' mode.
- * GTalk (Google Talk) / XMPP. Only if both 'sides' support this, and your contact is in your buddy list and showing as online.
-
-MSN/Yahoo are (probably) held up pending the re-implementation of the plugins for them in Farsight2 at which time they may start to work again. [http://farsight.freedesktop.org/wiki/Farsight2Todo Farsight2Todo]