#96578 - quadomatic - Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:40 pm
Does anyone think that it's possible to write a program for DS that uses the Skype protocol? This would probably be very useful, since you can now use Skype to call phones in the US and Canada for free for the rest of the year. Who knows? Maybe it could stay free forever.
#96580 - MaHe - Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:46 pm
Skype uses a mix of SIP/P2P protocols and since there's no public dev. library for it yet, you can't do it. On the other hand, there are tons of similar VoIP providers, a lot of them offering free calls to most of the world (e.g. Gizmo Project: http://www.gizmoproject.com/learnmore-allcallsfree.html - it's not fake, I can call myself, it works, despite the fact that URL looks like a spamsite).
All we need is a SIP client - all minor/major VoIP providers (except Skype) are based on SIP.
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#96586 - dshacker - Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:13 am
there's also the psphone.html file where you put it in the dslinux folder then send the dslinux folder to your gba cart and run it, after that you type something like retawq -psphone.html or something and you talk to people from your DS. look for the psphone in the serch section.
#96603 - AnalogMan - Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:47 am
No, psphone is a website that you can type a message and a phone number into and the server dials the number and reads your message in a computer generated voice. The message can only be so long and it speaks fast unless you put more than one space between each word.
#96615 - dshacker - Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:29 am
yes I know that, but someone found out that psphone can work with dslinux
#96712 - brennan - Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:01 pm
Of course it does. All your doing is filling out a form, the rest is done by the server.
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#96716 - D-loader - Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:17 pm
I remember HtheB being very eager about a SIP client for the DS =P ( I guess we all are )
I hope we'll see a DS to DS communicator of some sort soon.. maybe its already being forged, but held back untill a contest with a serious gift is approaching?
#96719 - HtheB - Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:00 pm
| D-loader wrote: |
I remember HtheB being very eager about a SIP client for the DS =P ( I guess we all are )
I hope we'll see a DS to DS communicator of some sort soon.. maybe its already being forged, but held back untill a contest with a serious gift is approaching? |
:D eehhhehehe :D
#96723 - quadomatic - Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:13 am
| MaHe wrote: |
Skype uses a mix of SIP/P2P protocols and since there's no public dev. library for it yet, you can't do it. On the other hand, there are tons of similar VoIP providers, a lot of them offering free calls to most of the world (e.g. Gizmo Project: http://www.gizmoproject.com/learnmore-allcallsfree.html - it's not fake, I can call myself, it works, despite the fact that URL looks like a spamsite).
All we need is a SIP client - all minor/major VoIP providers (except Skype) are based on SIP. |
But the problem with Gizmo is that the other people you call have to be signed up for Gizmo. Are there anymore programs like Gizmo that have free calling without having other people register?
#96725 - spacepirate - Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:14 am
Well, there's voipbuster... sorta. They don't match skype in terms of quality and you're limited to landlines.
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#96730 - josath - Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:56 am
| spacepirate wrote: |
| Well, there's voipbuster... sorta. They don't match skype in terms of quality and you're limited to landlines. |
Voipbuster offers Free* calls to certain destinations
*Free, as long as you have credits in your account, oh and by the way, the credits expire every 120 days, so essentially you have to pay a fee every 4 months (I think minimum is 10EUR).
So pretty cheap, but not free -- TANSTAAFL
#96763 - MaHe - Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:32 pm
Gizmo is pretty much free. I just made a call to Germany, haven't paid anything.
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#96905 - HtheB - Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:03 pm
| josath wrote: |
| spacepirate wrote: | | Well, there's voipbuster... sorta. They don't match skype in terms of quality and you're limited to landlines. |
Voipbuster offers Free* calls to certain destinations
*Free, as long as you have credits in your account, oh and by the way, the credits expire every 120 days, so essentially you have to pay a fee every 4 months (I think minimum is 10EUR).
So pretty cheap, but not free -- TANSTAAFL |
minimum amount you have to pay in the Netherlands is ?1,30 :)
^^
and uh..
@ josath: you can call mobile too.. but it will use your credit offcourse
#98276 - asgatlat - Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:50 pm
nothing new for a voip homebrew?
if nintendo succes to did it with metroid prime hunters it means that's possible to do it :)
#98283 - jester - Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:06 pm
i hope it is possible
#98339 - HtheB - Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:37 pm
| asgatlat wrote: |
nothing new for a voip homebrew?
if nintendo succes to did it with metroid prime hunters it means that's possible to do it :) |
there are many SIP sources..
just port one to the DS and you have voip..
(check sourceforce)
#98445 - asgatlat - Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:43 am
sorry i am not a programmer
and btw if it was so easy i think that a voip ds software was already done :D
#98451 - jester - Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:26 am
not it hasnt been started i think it sould be started
#98531 - ssj4android - Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:25 pm
It would be nice if someone ported SIP software to the DS, as WiFi SIP phones cost a lot of money. Is it possible with the DS's limited hardware, though?
#98647 - HtheB - Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:23 pm
| ssj4android wrote: |
| It would be nice if someone ported SIP software to the DS, as WiFi SIP phones cost a lot of money. Is it possible with the DS's limited hardware, though? |
there is allready a VOIP for the DS (metroid) so... its not that :)
#98761 - agentq - Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:45 am
It may not be started becuase nobody has tried, rather than it's too hard.
I think a VOIP client would be very feasable. Even easier would be for it to send the audio to the PC for compression/decompression, but I think compression on the DS is perfectly doable too (Metroid does it, as others have mentioned).
But there are more cool projects out there than people with the skills to do them.
#98884 - FifthE1ement - Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:06 am
There is an DS homebrew app called HelloDS which is a voip client. It doesn't work to well but you can download it on its page below.
http://www.ndsemu.com/hellods.htm
FifthE1ement
#98886 - asgatlat - Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:31 am
| FifthE1ement wrote: |
There is an DS homebrew app called HelloDS which is a voip client. It doesn't work to well but you can download it on its page below.
http://www.ndsemu.com/hellods.htm
FifthE1ement |
it has never work for me ^^ ( i use gbamp)
#98985 - HtheB - Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:13 pm
| FifthE1ement wrote: |
There is an DS homebrew app called HelloDS which is a voip client. It doesn't work to well but you can download it on its page below.
http://www.ndsemu.com/hellods.htm
FifthE1ement |
that was a hoax.. its just a small program.. nothing more
http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=8096&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=hoax&start=25