[LAD] IM like GUI for netjack

torbenh at gmx.de torbenh at gmx.de
Mon Dec 1 04:14:22 UTC 2008


On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:01:23PM +0200, Stefan Kost wrote:
> torbenh at gmx.de schrieb:
> > hi...
> > 
> > now that the backend is mostly done, i am thinking about
> > a GUI for netjack.
> > 
> > i already found gtknetsource.py on my HD, i started mucking
> > with that some months ago.
> > i plan to extend that thingy now.
> > 
> > but setting up the connection, and getting IP addresses
> > of users is still a PITA.
> > i am thinking along the lines of an IM like thing, 
> > based on jabber.
> > 
> > i am not seeing good options to making this available
> > in the various IM clients. 
> > thats why i would rather like to have modified jabberd running
> > on jackaudio.org or at the consortium servers.
> > 
> > it would not support chatting or stuff.
> > only show who is online. and if a session is running.
> > it would only make the IP of a user available when he agrees,
> > to open session... blabla... security.
> > 
> > so basically you click on your buddy, to open a session.
> > buddy agrees.
> > IP of buddy is transmitted. tool measures connection.
> > provides you with some options.
> > ie compression ratio, number of channels, latency, who is master ?
> > 
> > and starts the netjack session.
> 
> telepathy and tubes? jokosher imho has/had a prototype in python for some
> collborative editing.

gabble has no implementation of UDP tubes yet.
haze does not even have any tube support yet.

i will reconsider, when we are there.

its also not clear to me, how i should add my connection type into
the telepathy system without writing my own connection manager.

and i dont think clients would autodetect the new connection type
anyways. 

I would be happy if you prove me wrong, because just writing a
dbus component wrapping some popen calls, would be the easiest
way of doing things.


with irclib, or some jabber equivalent i guess this stuff would
be around 200-300 lines of python code added to the current
gtknetsource.py 

re tubes:
i am (just a little bit) concerned how much additional jitter,
a non SCHED_FIFO reflector would add to the mix on a higly loaded system.


-- 
torben Hohn
http://galan.sourceforge.net -- The graphical Audio language



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