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Description
Clapper is a sleek and contemporary media player designed for the GNOME desktop, developed utilizing GJS in conjunction with the GTK4 toolkit. This media player operates on GStreamer as its backend and utilizes OpenGL for rendering. It is compatible with both Xorg and Wayland systems, ensuring seamless functionality across different environments. Furthermore, Clapper takes advantage of hardware acceleration, supporting VA-API on AMD and Intel GPUs, NVDEC on NVIDIA graphics cards, and V4L2 for mobile devices. The player features an adaptive graphical user interface (GUI) that adjusts when switching to "windowed mode," predominantly using standard GTK widgets to align with the native look of your operating system. In contrast, the "fullscreen mode" alters the GUI elements to become darker, larger, and semi-transparent, enhancing your viewing experience. Additionally, it offers a "floating mode," allowing the video to remain visible above all other applications, resembling a picture-in-picture (PiP) experience. The transitions are also optimized for mobile devices, making it user-friendly. Recent enhancements have improved the automatic selection of the GL/GLES context, and the player includes several patches, which provide better performance or exclusive features in the Flatpak version, enriching the overall user experience. Moreover, Clapper's continuous development aims to incorporate user feedback for future updates.
Description
Ekiga, which was originally called GnomeMeeting, is a free and open-source application that provides SoftPhone, video conferencing, and instant messaging capabilities via the Internet. It offers high-definition sound and video quality comparable to that of DVDs. Utilizing the two main telephony standards, SIP and H.323, it ensures compatibility with a wide range of service providers along with various hardware and software solutions. The application made its debut in 2001 under its former name as part of a graduation project. At that time, technologies like voice over IP, IP telephony, and videoconferencing were still emerging and not widely adopted, unlike today. The GNU/Linux desktop environment was still developing, and multimedia functionalities were very limited. Many webcam drivers had significant issues, ALSA was yet to be introduced, and achieving full-duplex audio posed challenges. Performance was often a concern, particularly due to the prevalence of proprietary codecs. Despite these technological hurdles, Ekiga emerged as a pioneering solution! Its early introduction laid the groundwork for advancements in communication tools that we often take for granted today.
API Access
Has API
Yes
API Access
Has API
No
Integrations
Asterisk
No
Drupal
No
Pricing Details
Free
Free Trial
No
Free Version
Yes
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Deployment
Web-Based
No
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
Yes
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
Yes
Mac
No
Linux
Yes
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
No
In Person
No
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
No
In Person
No
Vendor Details
Company Name
Flathub
Website
flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.rafostar.Clapper
Vendor Details
Company Name
Ekiga
Founded
2001
Country
United States
Website
www.ekiga.org
Product Features
Product Features
Softphone
Audio / Video Conferencing
Yes
Call Logging
No
Call Recording
No
Call Transfer
No
Caller Identification
No
Chat / Messaging
Yes
Contact Management
No
Fax Management
No