Video conferencing expert needed

• Project ID:

  749296

• Project Type:

  Fixed

• Budget:

  min $5000 USD
  

Project Description:

Needing someone who is an expert in deploying an open source video conferencing solution.

Additional Project Description:

07/26/2010 at 12:38 EDT:
We need expert programmers with experience in Open Source Video Chat and Conferencing Solutions to help us integrate video conferencing into a new product we are developing.

Our platform is Linux based, and runs Java, Ruby, C and PHP code. Our primary client is using Adobe AIR 2 on Ubuntu Linux and our servers run Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

We need people who can help us answer the following questions, and engineer solutions based on those answers.

* How scalable is Flash as a video conferencing medium, when combined with the Red5 Streaming Flash Server? What about Skype? What about Asterisk?
* Assuming a load of 300-500 simultaneous conferences, and a conference size of 2 parties, what available Video Conferencing systems are available that will work on Red Had Enterprise 5 server? How can they be integrated?
* If Open Source libraries are not powerful or scalable enough, what Commercial solutions are available?
* Can we connect to the Apples new FaceTime
* What Facial Detection Libraries are available, and how can we integrate them into our Video Conferences solution?
* Can we build a monitoring solution to skim hundreds of live streaming Video Conferences?
* Can we compress and archive all streams in a Video Conference for years?
* How can we effectively manage years of recordings, with playback

We are interested in meeting with individual developers as well as 3rd party development teams. Interested parties should be able to demonstrate:

* Experience with implementing both Open Source and Commercial Video Conferencing Solutions.
* Working video conferencing implementations based on Java, Ruby, C and PHP.
* Experience in developing software for custom hardware
* A keen desire to find creative solutions

Extra credit:

* Experience working in the "Startup" atmosphere
* Hardware hacking experience

Skills required:

Asterisk PBX, C Programming, C++ Programming, Linux, VoIP