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https://github.com/fossrit/open-video-chat

An open source video conferencing tool for the XO laptop
https://github.com/fossrit/open-video-chat

deaf-communications deaf-studies gnome gnome3 gtk gtk3 gtk3-interface python sugar sugar-activity xo-laptop

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An open source video conferencing tool for the XO laptop

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# Open Video Chat



Open Video Chat is an open source video conferencing activity for the XO laptop. This project was originally started in March 2010 with funding from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester NY, and continues with RIT HFOSS course and Google Summer of Code in 2013.



## Focus



The original focus was to use GStreamer to provide acceptable frame rates for sign language communication (estimated somewhere between 20 and 30).



Current GSoC 2013 objectives are to get it running again on Sugar and porting a pure Gtk3 implementation for cross-platform compatibility.



## Current Features & Status



- Sugar3/Gtk3 Interface

- Gtk3 Cross-Platform Interface

- Multi-Channel TelepathyGLib Text Chat



## Planned Features



- Farstream Video & Audio / RTP

- Sugar "Buddy" Contact-ID Conversion

- Higher Resolution/Scaling

- Performance Improvements



## IRC



The contributors of Open Video Chat frequent `#rit-foss` on freenode



## Mailing-List



[Fedora Hosted OVC Mailing List](https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/ovc)



## Copyright



This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

(at your option) any later version.



This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

GNU General Public License for more details.



You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

along with this program.  If not, see .



### Linux Cross Platform Instructions



#### Execution



The application can be launched from command line via the launcher script:



    chmod +x launcher

    ./launcher



Alternatively you can run the launcher through python:



    python launcher



#### Installation



Simply download the repository files or unpackage the distributable copy to a folder of your choosing.



An example of proper setup (requires privileged access):



    sudo mv OpenVideoChat.activity /usr/local/ovc

    sudo ln -s /usr/local/ovc/launcher /usr/bin/ovc-launcher



Then you can access OpenVideoChat from anywhere while in command line via `ovc-launcher`.



#### Adding it to Gnome3



To add OpenVideoChat to the Gnome3 graphical environment, you will want to create an `ovc.desktop` file with contents similar to:



    [Desktop Entry]

    Name=Open Video Chat

    Comment=FOSS Video Communication Tool

    TryExec=ovc-launcher

    Exec=ovc-launcher

    Icon=/usr/local/ovc/activity/activity-video_chat.svg

    Type=Application

    Categories=GNOME;GTK;AudioVideo;Video;



Place this file in `/usr/share/applications/` and it will now be accessible from Gnome3 either searching its name or its icon.



##### _Local Installation_



_You will not be able to install a symlink to command line without privielges._



However you can still execute it, and add an `ovc.desktop` file to `~/.local/share/applications/` to make it accessible to only your user.  The path for `TryExec` and `Exec` will need to be changed according to its locally installed location since you have no short-hand command.



- [Gnome3 Reference](https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en)