I am looking at some different Video and Messenger chat solutions for my site. I know there are a few posts already on this topic however most of them are a few years old now. That said I am looking for some opinions on the current solutions out there.
The most important factors I am looking for,
Video Quality - I have Wowza and a good dedicated server for the streaming. That said I don't want to skimp on the chat software. I would like a solution that allows the people camming to possibly adjust there streaming quality.
Video resizing - The people watching cams should be able to easily resize the cams, even better they should be able to drag them anywhere on there screen. I have seen several demos where the video can only reside in the HTML window and when you increase the size it takes up the whole chat screen, bad design.
Stability - This should not be crashing all the time and need constant maintenance to keep running.
Integration - Should have good integration with Boonex using the same login, etc.
Clean interface - I am not a big fan of these chat solutions that are clunky and cluttered. There seems to be plenty out there.
Performance - If the performance sucks people wont use it. Some of the demos I have seen are so clunky and cluttered and on top of the poor performance its just a terrible experience.
I have listed the ones I have found below, maybe there are some others?
http://www.videowhisper.com/ Whisper Chat - I have yet to hear anyone who has used there products. There demos are mostly not working so you don't get a good feel of how it works.
http://www.123flashchat.com 123 Flash Chat - I am not sure if I like there interface, feels a bit clunky and cluttered however I am sure I could get used to it.
http://www.flashcoms.com/ - Community Chat - Sounds like people who have actually got it to work like it. Also sounds like support is as bad as it gets and getting this working with boonex is not that simple. I have sent this company a few messages asking if its even compatible with boonex anymore and as expected no reponses. Kind of funny how they show there customers such as MTV and other large companies yet they don't respond to simple sales questions? This is not impressive as most companies respond quickly to potential sales. Also, they no longer even show Boonex as a compatible CMS anywhere on there site, its buried a few pages in under there documentation. Why would they not list it under compatible CMS with the other ones?
