Dialogic to Present on Video Apps at AstriCon

Dialogic (News - Alert) officials say they’ll present on video applications for Asterisk (News - Alert) developers at AstriCon 2010, exploring what they say is “the growing opportunity video presents for Asterisk developers in two separate sessions, ‘Building Video Applications with Asterisk using the DiaStar Server’ and ‘Using DiaStar to provide video, media and signaling functionality to Asterisk’.”

Video represents, according to company officials, “new opportunities for telephony developers.” As part of the EcoSystem Demo, Dialogic will explore how the DiaStar Server can “enable telephony developers to build video applications for Asterisk in its session, ‘Building Video Applications with Asterisk using the DiaStar Server’.” 

During the session Dialogic will demonstrate how video applications, such as Interactive Voice and Video Response (IVVR) and video conferencing are created from the Asterisk dial plan, company officials say, adding that the session “will also detail the challenges in creating video applications, such as transcoding and screen scaling.

As part of the Third Party Add-ons Session, Dialogic officials say they will present on “Using the DiaStar Server to provide video, media and signaling functionality to Asterisk,” This session will explore how developers create video applications, such as video conferencing and IVVR, using the DiaStar Server with Asterisk from Dial Plan. 

The presentation will also discuss how to access the CPA, Tone Detection and Advanced Signaling functions of the DiaStar Server. “Delivering media to fixed and mobile devices will also be covered,” Dialogic officials say, adding that it will “explore the benefits of DiaStar Server functionality and provide real world use case examples.”

Antony Martin, the director of Open Source (News - Alert) engineering for Dialogic will be presenting. “Building Video Applications with Asterisk using the DiaStar Server” will be given on Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:30PM., and “Using DiaStar to provide video, media and signaling functionality to Asterisk” will be presented Wednesday, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:45PM.

The presentations will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, Maryland.

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Edited by Stefanie Mosca