About
Homer is a free cross-platform SIP softphone with
video support. It is able to communicate in peer-to-peer mode without
any infrastructure in the network. But it also supports SIP servers
(PBX boxes). The amount of participants per live video conferences is
unlimited by the software.
Besides the
conference functions, Homer can also be used for video/audio
streaming, recording and screencasting. Video as well as audio stream
from files or hardware devices can be streamed for each conference
participant individually. Additionally, video/audio stream can be
started as separate unicast transmission and send to any host in the
Internet with low and high quality settings. Homer can also be used as
receiver for video/audio streams. Each received video/audio stream can
be recorded to disc and made available for offline playback.
Based
on Homer a live streaming of the desktop screen is possible and the
captured desktop picture can also be recorded to disc as screencasts,
e.g. for demonstrating software usage.
Screenshots
Play
your favorite movie or share it with friends (Windows version 0.15.1)
Talk
to two friends while you show them a movie (Linux version 0.15)
Configure
video resolution via context menu (Windows version 0.15.1)
Configure
audio streaming via context menu (Windows version 0.15.1)
Broadcast
desktop content and get help via remote view (Windows version 0.15.1)
The main
configuration dialog (Windows version 0.15.1)
Technical features
General
- Runs under Linux, Windows and Mac OSX
- SIP based video conferencing: compatible to SIP-based
softphones/devices
- Works without central SIP server but supports SIP servers as
well
- Playback/streaming/capturing of video/audio data from files
and devices
- Qt-based GUI with same look & feel for three operating
systems
- Locally stored contact lists in XML format
Network
- SIP based session management
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
- UDP, TCP and UDP-Lite based video and audio streaming
- Configurable stream relay and preview to interoperate with
other streaming tools
- Flexible port assignment for multiple participants behind a
NAT box
Audio
- Streaming in formats: MP3, G.711 a-law, G.711 µ-law, PCM16
and AMR
- Capture local audio: via ALSA/OSS (Linux), DirectSound
(Windows), CoreAudio (OSX)
- Playback/streaming of local audio files in the formats: AVI,
MKA, MKV, MP3, VOB, WAV
- Recording of incoming audio streams in the formats: MP3, WAV
Video
- Streaming in formats: H.261, H.263, H.263+, H.264, MPEG 1/2/4
- Capture local video via V4L2 (Linux), VfW (Windows)
- Playback/Streaming of local video files in the formats: AVI,
ASF, DV, MKV, MOV, MPEG, MP4, MP4A, SWF, VOB, WMV
- Recording of local desktop or only desktop segments, e.g. for
screencasts
- Streaming of local desktop or only desktop segments
- Video resolutions from 128*96 to 1920*1080 pixels depending
on the used video source supported
- Recording of incoming video stream in the formats: AVI, ASF,
DV, MOV, SWF, WMV
- Snapshots of incoming video streams in the formats: BMP, JPG,
PGM, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM
Download
(Activate "automatic update check" in the GUI to get
an info window each time a new release is available on this server!)
Packages
Operating system
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GNU
Linux
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0.23
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GNU
Linux
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0.23 |
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Windows
7 / Vista / XP
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0.23 |
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Mac OS
X
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0.23
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code |
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0.22 |
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