p2pvc

A point to point color terminal video chat.

![demo] (http://giant.gfycat.com/HideousSpiffyAdder.gif)

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Installation

Arch users can install p2pvc-git from the AUR

Build from source

Make the binary.

make

Video chat with yourself to test the camera. (Be sure to mute your mic or speakers or you'll get feedback!)

./p2pvc 127.0.0.1 -v

Dependencies

• OpenCV
• PulseAudio
• ncurses

If you are running Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev libopencv-dev libpulse-dev

If you are running OSX, try the portaudio branch, and install the additional dependency PortAudio.

Usage

Audio only

./p2pvc [ip address]

Flags

-v flag enables video chat.

 ./p2pvc [ip address] -v

-d flag allows you to specify the dimension of the video in either [width]x[height] or [width]:[height] format. Note that both users should specify the same dimension.

 ./p2pvc [ip address] -v -d 200x50

-A and -V flags allow you to specify the port the audio and video run on respectively.

 ./p2pvc [ip address] -v -A 1337 -V 1338

-b flag displays incoming bandwidth in the top-right of the video display

 ./p2pvc [ip address] -v -b

Known problems and resolutions

Black and white

This happens when p2pvc thinks the terminal doesn't have enough colors to display all 256. Try export TERM=xterm-256color or equivalent to get it working.

No connection made

p2pvc does not get around NAT, so you may need to port forward. It uses ports 55555 and 55556 for audio and video respectively.