Trying to build automatic audio-conferencing capability into a WebApp

Question

Hey all,

I'm working with a team of relatively novice programmers, and we are trying to create a site that will have audio-conferencing capabilities such that whenever someone visits the page, they will immediately have audio-conferencing capabilities with everyone else on the page (5 people max). Can anyone point us in a general direction? Should we be looking into building a custom app, leveraging audio conferencing software, or trying to mimic a webex program? Would Adobe Stratus be useful in getting this kind of functionality? Does anyone have any ideas about how we would design something like this on a macro level?

Sorry for the noobish question, but any guidance would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks, Keller

Answer 1

Some kind of Flash based client is probably your best bet, it's the browser plugin that currently has the best support for audio and video. As to how you connect a Flash client to an audio conferencing server that's trickier.

Take a look at Open meetings it may be close to what you're after.