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Mastering FreeSWITCH

By : Russell Treleaven, Seven Du, Darren Schreiber, Ken Rice, Mike Jerris, Kalyani Kulkarni, Florent Krieg, Charles Bujold
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Mastering FreeSWITCH

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By: Russell Treleaven, Seven Du, Darren Schreiber, Ken Rice, Mike Jerris, Kalyani Kulkarni, Florent Krieg, Charles Bujold

Overview of this book

FreeSWITCH is one of the best tools around if you’re looking for a modern method of managing communication protocols through a range of different media. From real-time browser communication with the WebRTC API to implementing VoIP (voice over internet protocol), with FreeSWITCH you’re in full control of your projects. This book shows you how to unlock its full potential – more than just a tutorial, it’s packed with plenty of tips and tricks to make it work for you. Written by members of the team who actually helped build FreeSWITCH, it will guide you through some of the newest features of version 1.6 including video transcoding and conferencing. Find out how FreeSWITCH interacts with other tools and APIs, learn how to tackle common (and not so common) challenges ranging from high availability to IVR development and programming advanced PBXs. Great communication functionality begins with FreeSWITCH – find out how and get your project up and running today.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Mastering FreeSWITCH
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
Contributors
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
7
WebRTC and Mod_Verto
Index

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...