Video conferencing advice needed

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.dcom.videoconf (More info?)

Hi,

I've been tasked with organising real-time video conferencing between our
UK office & our Hong Kong office. We have a 2 Meg leased-line which I would
imagine is adequate to cope with such a job. Unfortunately I'm not sure of
my next step, do I look at dedicated hardware or something PC based - if
it's PC based I'll need it to be both Mac & PC compatible if possible, also
what will the the firewall implications be, etc, etc. Can anyone give me
impartial advice on the best route to go down.

Cheers, Jase.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.dcom.videoconf (More info?)

Jase,

Personally, I'd look at the Polycom VSX7000 or the Sony PCS-1. They're
reasonably priced, and you'll find that your 2MB line should be
adequate to pass video traffic using the H.264 algorithm. They're both
set-top systems, but I recommend that over desktop for the sheer fact
that they look more professional (not to mention better video).

As far as the firewall is concerned, there are a number of options
available to you. Do some research on Google for "NAT firewall
traversal" and you should get a lot of answers. Ideally, though, these
systems should reside outside of your firewall.

You can get pricing at: http://store.camsysco.com

If you're just playing around, and dont need a enterprise class video
system, look into:

http://www.skype.com
http://video4skype.com

Thanks
Chris
http://www.netsteady.cc

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.dcom.videoconf (More info?)

Problem solved, If you need more advice then I'm available with 25 years
video conferencing exp..

www.camtrek.com
$15.00 a month.

Sincerely
Neil L. Rideout
Multicast Engineer
Video Conferencing Consultant
Inventor - Comcaster, P/See Suite, Sincewas, and Camtrek
www.neilrideout.com
and most importantly
www.camtrek.com


"Jason Snape" <spamspamspam@spanishinquisition.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Xns966E7CBE3BE68spamspamspamspanishi@140.99.99.130...
> Hi,
>
> I've been tasked with organising real-time video conferencing between our
> UK office & our Hong Kong office. We have a 2 Meg leased-line which I
would
> imagine is adequate to cope with such a job. Unfortunately I'm not sure of
> my next step, do I look at dedicated hardware or something PC based - if
> it's PC based I'll need it to be both Mac & PC compatible if possible,
also
> what will the the firewall implications be, etc, etc. Can anyone give me
> impartial advice on the best route to go down.
>
> Cheers, Jase.