baresip (was Re: Ekiga && FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 07:10:33PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client
> for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will "integrate"
> Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux;
> 
> I have spent some time to get PTlib, Opal and Ekiga compiled directly
> from its repositories in SVN and Git, and fixed the bugs to let Ekiga
> detect the devices /dev/video0 (created by pwc.ko or webcamd) and 
> /dev/dsp* sound devices. The result is documented here:
> 
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Compile_your_own_SVN_version_of_Ekiga_on_FreeBSD
> 
> If someone wants to give me a call at sip:.... at ekiga.net, just contact
> me offlist :-)

For people interested in audio/video telephony, I'd also suggest
baresip, which you can find at

	http://www.creytiv.com/pub/

version 0.2.0 works almost with no effort on FreeBSD, does not need
a ton of libraries, and supports a variety of input and output
methods (for video input, it can talk to webcamd, or an internal
x11 grabber, or any file that ffmpeg can read).

a skeleton for a port of version 0.2.0 is attached

	cheers
	luigi