From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <49D7E31B.9020408@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:45:47 +0200 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <49CAA2A1.6000906@gmail.com> <200904031332.06660.hvengel@astound.net> <49D6778F.7040208@gmail.com> <200904031735.53288.hvengel@astound.net> In-Reply-To: <200904031735.53288.hvengel@astound.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Printing-architecture] OpenPrinting Summit 2009: Adding VoIP access List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Angela Brown Cc: printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org Hal V. Engel wrote: > On Friday 03 April 2009 01:54:39 pm Till Kamppeter wrote: >> Hal V. Engel wrote: >>> Or how about using mumble or something similar like teamtalk? No need >>> for people to sign up for anything and all they would need is a password >>> for the mumble session along with info on how to connect to the server >>> both of which could be made available here. >> Can mumble connect to a usual phone? We have a phone conference hub for >> calling with a ususal phone. We will dial into this hub with the Polycom >> to connect the conference room. We planned to start a conference call on >> Skype where one "participant" is the conference hub, so that the Skype >> conference is bridged to the phone conference. Is it possible to do the >> same thing with mumble? >> >> Till > > > All mumble needs is an alsa input (which for a normal user would be connected > to a mic) and an alsa output (for a normal user this would be connected to a > speaker or a set of headphones). I have not looked at a newer polycom unit > but I do remember them having both audio in (for more mics and other audio > sources) and audio out jacks but this may also depend on the model. These > could be attached to a computer near the polycom with a set of RCA cables. > This would connect the polycom line out to computer line in (this is located > on the interface module of most polycoms) and polycom mic/line in (this is > probably labeled as AUX IN) to computer line out. Then mumble would be setup > to use those alsa ports and it should work (IE this created a conference room > to mumble bridge at the polycom). But I don't have a polycom sitting here so > I can't test it myself. And I think that this is something that someone has > to setup in advance and have everything sorted out and tested to make sure > everything is OK. > > So if someone already knows how to setup Skype to act as a conference bridge > then this would also be OK. Setting up a Skype account is free and setting up > the software is simple. Making calls to another skype account is also free. Angela, do our Polycoms have audio connectors? Do we have appropriate audio cables to connect a laptop to them, so that when running a VoIP program on the laptop that this provides a second access facility for the conference? Till