AVChat 2 and AVConference are compatible with both FMS 2 & 3 and Red5 .
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In this page you can read about the main AVConference 1.2 features. For a complete list of specifications check out this page: AVConference specs & config options.
If you have any questions you can always contact us using the contact page.
You can also view a comparison with AVChat 2.
Runs in Flash Player 8 or newer
Your users do not have to download any special plugin as AVConference runs in Flash Player 8 which is installed on over 95% of the computers connected to the internet. AVConference will run directly in the users browser (IE,Firefox, Safari on Windows/Mac/Linux).
File Sharing
With AVConference users can upload files(images, power point presentations, zip archives, etc...) to the web server and they instantly become available in the "Shared files list" to everyone else. A max file size limit can be set using the configuration file.
Text chat only mode
The audio and video capabilities of the software can be turned off, thus remaining with a simple text chat sofwtare with rooms support! The audio video features can also be turned on or off for each user in particular. For example if you want only moderators to be able to send audio and video.
Moderation
Moderation mode can be turned on, which allows the admin to approve or block text messages sent by users.
Live video and audio directly from your web cam/microphone
AVConference provides live audio and video transfer between users. As a webmaster you have full control over the quality of the audio and video experienced by your users.
AVConference is using the video/audio capturing capabilities of the Flash Player in conjunction with Flash Media Server. The audio/video is first captured and encoded by Flash Player running on the users computer, then it it sent to the Flash Media Server from where it is routed to all the users subscribed to that audio/video stream.
View 2,3 or more video streams (persons) at the same time:
The new interface in AVConference allows users to view as many video streams as they want. The number of video streams they can see at one time can be limited by modifying the configuration file.
Zoom in/out video areas using the mouse wheel
All video areas can be zoomed in up to 7x and zoomed out up to 0.5x by using the wheel on your mouse. Pretty neat we say! ;)
Full control over the video and audio quality
AVConference uses a .xml file to load the web cam and microphone setting to use. Within that .xml file you can change: picture resolution and picture quality, maximum bandwidth to use, frames/second and keyframes/second and audio quality.
By default AVConference comes with 6 video/audio profiles (.xml files) to choose from, suited for 56k, 128k and 256k video/audio streams. The online demo uses the 128k-low-motion-high-picture-quality-one!
Record everything (new in AVConference 1.1)
You can record every audio/video stream coming from the users in separate .flv files. Each user gets its own .flv audio/video file each time he logs in and start sending auiod and/or video. The newly crated .flv files will be stored on the FMS server and can be put on your webserver for later downloading/viewing.
Screen Sharing using third party software
You can share your desktop screen with other people just as if you were sharing your web cam, by using a third party software. More details in this blog post on our blog.
User list with identification icons.
The user list has several functions: display the gender of the user / display the username of the user, display a cam icon besides the user if he is sending video, display a speaker icon besides the user if he is sending video, show a small message besides each user who is watching your cam
External users list (new in AVConference 1.1)
AVConference 1.1 generates an external .xml users list file on the web server which you can use to display on your website the users (and number of users) logged in the video chat software at any moment.
Banner friendly
You can place advertising (banners,AdSense, video, links, etc...) anywhere around the video chat software. The software consists in a .swf file embedded in a HTML page. In that HTML page you can place anything you want.
Automatic "who's watching me" function
Besides each user in the users list that is watching your video/audio stream, a text message: "views my cam" is displayed.
Moderator Section with kick, ban and ip view
Using the admin section you can view the ip of each user, you can kick users, you can ban users by their ip's, and you can delete rooms.
Moderators can log in as hidden
When using the admin interface to log in by default one can select between being a hidden or visible moderator. You can change this in the configuration file and only allow for visible moderators for example. Also moderators have by default access to private rooms, but this can be changed also.
Male, female and couple genders.
At the request of numerous clients AVConference now allows people to log in using 3 different genders: male , female and couple. The couple gender can be disabled from the configuration file.
Many integration options with CMS systems.
After integrating the AVConference config file with your content management system, you can set different values for each option in the configuration file based on the level of the user. These being said you can :
- prevent some users from sending/receiving video/audio
- give only limited video time to certain users
- prevent some from viewing more than 1 video/audio stream at a time
- drop certain users in certain rooms
- etc...
AVConference comes standard with a Joomla component, but it can be integrated with any other CMS system.
Bad words filter
This filter automatically cesores forbidden words.
Bad nicks filter
A nick/username filter which you can use to prevent users from logging in as admin or administrator for example.
Highlight links
If you will allow links in the text chat, our software automatically parses them and turns them into veritable links (blue underlined).
Move and resize all interface elements
All the interface elements can be dragged using the mouse, and can be resized by clicking and dragging the red lower right corners. This way you can arrange the interface in the most productive way. In addition the video areas can be zoomed in/out using the wheel on your mouse.
Secure encrypted text/video/audio connections
All the data exchanged between the users and the Flash Media Server can be encrypted using SSl certificates. For this you most likely will need a dedicated FMS server and a valid SSL certificate. Contact us for more info on this topic.
Text chat logs
All private/public text chat is kept in text logs on the FMS server for later analysis. Each room gets its own text log each day.
Can be easily translated into other languages
All the texts used in the 2 flash interfaces (user&admin) can be changed in an external .xml file that can be edited with any text editor. This way AVConference supports any language, even right to left languages like Arabic. Special characters like ş,ţ,ă,î,etc... are also supported.
Mambo and Joomla (1.x and 1.5) components
If your website runs on Joomla or Mambo you're in luck because we wrapped AVConference as Mambo and Joomla components and they integrate with your users database by default.
Drupal 5.x and 4.7.x modules
If your website runs on Drupal, we have AVConference wrapped in a Drupal module. Once you install the module in your website the users will have the same username in the site and in the chat and you can set several permissions based on user groups.