[Pidgin] #34: Voice/video support

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#34: Voice/video support
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  Reporter:  MarkDoliner  |       Owner:  seanegan       
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned       
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:  Patches welcome
 Component:  libpurple    |     Version:                 
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                 
   Pending:  0            |  
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Comment (by Yerch):

 Replying to [comment:66 cb88]:  Let me preface this by saying that nothing
 helpful will be forthcoming from my post...

 I admit I stumbled upon this ticket rather accidentally but have found it
 to be one of the most fascinating reads I've had in a while.  The entire
 thing strikes me as rather bizarre.

 It seems that everyone is being told that the REASON for lack of
 implementation of this particular feature is largely due to developer
 disinterest in working on the problem.  Yet it seems that the developers
 have become quite annoyed that people continue to try and generate
 developer interest in this problem.

 That, my friends, is a problem.

 Presumably the purpose of opening this ticket is to state what the
 obstacles are to implementation and seek constructive advice on how to
 overcome those obstacles.  But the only stated obstacle is developer
 disinterest.  Hence, an entire thread of people trying to stress the
 importance of this particular feature.

 Well, kids... You get what you ask for.  State the problem differently and
 you'll get different responses.  Until then you'll get whining.

 Bye, bye.
 > I have a suggestion....
 >
 > why not just implement video chat through mplayer?
 >
 > get the video signal and pass it through an insecure direct p2p
 connection?
 >
 > for most people security is not a problem with chat software because you
 already know who you are chatting with....even if security as far as
 privacy is concerned openssl could be used to encrypt the living daylights
 out of the whole transmission
 >
 > I am thinking that this would require a fairly minimal modification to
 pidgin...since mplayer would be used no fundamental modification of the
 gui would be needed. also it would support all the streamed protocols that
 mplayer supports
 >
 > I want to use it to talk with my family who I only see once every year
 or two.

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