On 30 Dec 2005 I posted this to comp.dcom.videoconf ...
... and someone suggested using NetMeeting
NetMeeting worked fine on our LAN ... but now I'm trying to get this to function over a VPN and slow internet connection. The quality of the NetMeeting video is far below that of even Yahoo Messenger's built in webcam feature. But since we want the security of a VPN and Yahoo IM won't work in that environment, I'm looking again.
Any other suggestions? I don't mind paying for software, so long as there's a trial version or shareware to eval first.
Basically I'm looking for a program to get two-way video chat going directly from one IP to another. If it has tweakable bandwidth, framerate, resolution, etc, so much the better. One end is a cable modem in North America, the other end is a 256 kbps SDSL connection in Asia.
NetMeeting is perfect ... except I think it's trying to send too many frames per second, and it's performing horribly on our slow, long distance connection. Yahoo IM quality is sufficient, but lacks the security of our VPN.
Thank you.