Question
Video chat to/from mobile phones
Hi all,
I'm a website programmer in the UK. I have a requirement from a customer to set up a website with a 2-way video chat facility, similar to the one on this website: http://www.bowelweb.com/chat/flashchat.php. I understand how this can be done with Flash Media Server, and am currently evaluating this product.
Our customer is a forward-thinking charity, and is planning how best to make their video-counselling services available to clients by means other than the traditional web browser. I have a few questions concerning the extent to which users of mobile devices (phones, PDAs, Blackberry, whatever...) might be able to take part in a two-way video chat:
1. Would it be possible for a user with a video- and internet-enabled mobile phone to browse to the website and take part in a two-way video chat, perhaps using some kind of Flash plugin on the phone?
2. Failing that, does anyone know whether it would be technically possible to patch standard video calls from a mobile phone into a video chatroom running on Flash Media Server?
3. Are there any other Adobe (or non-Adobe!) products which we should be looking at with respect to the above requirements?
I don't have any experience of video calls or of streaming video to/from mobile phones, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
I'm a website programmer in the UK. I have a requirement from a customer to set up a website with a 2-way video chat facility, similar to the one on this website: http://www.bowelweb.com/chat/flashchat.php. I understand how this can be done with Flash Media Server, and am currently evaluating this product.
Our customer is a forward-thinking charity, and is planning how best to make their video-counselling services available to clients by means other than the traditional web browser. I have a few questions concerning the extent to which users of mobile devices (phones, PDAs, Blackberry, whatever...) might be able to take part in a two-way video chat:
1. Would it be possible for a user with a video- and internet-enabled mobile phone to browse to the website and take part in a two-way video chat, perhaps using some kind of Flash plugin on the phone?
2. Failing that, does anyone know whether it would be technically possible to patch standard video calls from a mobile phone into a video chatroom running on Flash Media Server?
3. Are there any other Adobe (or non-Adobe!) products which we should be looking at with respect to the above requirements?
I don't have any experience of video calls or of streaming video to/from mobile phones, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
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