Chapter 8. Audio and Video Conferencing
Let's start with two concepts here: audio conferencing is huge and videoconferencing is HUGE. Actually, conferencing (audio and/or video) is one of the drivers of our industry, and sure, it's a big part of what businesses look for in a telecommunications system.
FreeSWITCH has always been the best platform for conferencing, starting many years ago as a hugely scalable audio conferencing bridge to becoming, with version 1.6, a multimedia powerhouse serving PSTN, SIP, and WebRTC users.
In this chapter, we will cover:
Conference concepts
Audio conferencing
Profiles, DTMF commands interaction, PINs, and so on
Managing audio conferences
Video conferencing
Video conference layouts
Screen sharing
Managing video conferences
Conference performances
Conference concepts
Conferencing is about taking stuff from different sources, doing something with that stuff, and distributing the result to different recipients. That process must allow for real-time change of all factors...