Software generates a consultation room link that can be sent to other parties using any method (email/text messenger/sms). By using that link participants can access the online consultation room that includes high definition live video, file sharing and multiple discussion and moderation tools. No downloads required. All is browser based and works on almost any platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux).

Enter Video Consultation Demo

On the simple php script demo you'll be able to create an instant one on one video consultation room, get the invite link and enter video consultation to wait for the other participants to join.

1. Show/Hide webcam preview (first time clicked enables webcam)
2. Show/Hide text chat
3. Show/Hide main video : Speaker (speaker is set by moderator and can be published with external tool)
4. Show/Hide secondary video : Inquirer (shows only when inquirer is set by moderator, until moderator closes it)
5. Show/Hide participants list
6. Show/Hide file sharing
7. Show/Hide live media encoder settings (for publishing with external tools / rtmp servers)
8. Stop streams (closes all streaming:main/secondary/external)
9. Reset Panels (reselts all panel positions and sizes)
10. Slideshow (added in v2), allows uploading and displaying multiple slides (swf, png, jpg, gif)

• PHP : Video Consultation Software This is the easiest to integrate to php sites, public/member/administrator areas starting from the default raw demo php files.
• Joomla: Video Consultation Component Advanced room setup and management. Includes multiple settings for each room including streaming settings, usage limitations, user permissions.
  For all editions graphics and sounds are loaded from external image files. Source code for all PHP files is included and also for the FMIS .asc file, Red5 .java source. Emoticons are listed in a XML file and loaded from external images.

• video consultations where participants get professional advice and information (from a lawyers, doctors, financial advisors or other experts)
• video trainings where students from various places can participate in live video interactive trainings with no traveling and accomodation costs
• video seminars / webinars where groups of students meet regularly under the guidance of a tutor for study and discussion
• online research communities
  • setup invitation-only, private online communities centred on a single brand or customer segment
  • engage customer groups or target consumers who might be difficult to reach using traditional off-line methodologies
  • watch how people interact and let them raise the questions you want to ask
  • see members in their social context
• online deliberative polling combines small-group discussions involving large numbers of participants with random sampling of public opinion
• interactive e-learning
  • Improved performance: A 12-year meta-analysis of research by the U.S. Department of Education found that higher education students in online learning generally performed better than those in face-to-face courses
  • Increased access: Instructors of the highest calibre can share their knowledge across borders, allowing students to attend courses across physical, political, and economic boundaries. Recognized experts have the opportunity of making information available internationally, to anyone interested at minimum costs
• e-participation enables citizens to connect with one another and with their elected representatives
• civic dialogue where people participate in public intentional and purposeful discussion about civic issues, policies, or decisions of consequence to their lives, communities, and society
• video collaboration brings project teams, workgroups, committees, partners at different sites together for a meeting where they can speak in a moderated way and share documents

• Instant video consultation room and invite link generator
• 1 High definition fixed video panel, unlimited private video panels
• Fullscreen button for any video panel
• Streaming settings (select hardware, adapt bandwidth to connection)
• Link parsing (urls, twitter)
• Emoticons
• Enable/Disable sound on new text message
• Timers (used time/available time)
• Logout
• Watch privately an user from that list
• Show/Hide panels from tool bar icons
• Private Chat
• Reset panel positions and sizes
• Set status (Available, Request, Away, Busy)
• Download shared documents
• Tooltips explaining button actions

• Set Speaker (stream to see on main video panel)
• Set Inquirer (opens a public secondary video panel for a second user to speak/ask)
• Kick User
• Broadcast using external rtmp server / broadcasting tool (i.e. Adobe Flash Media Live Econder)
• Change room background (pick background from file sharing list)
• Stop streams
• Upload documents (files to share)
• Slideshow (upload multiple slides, display slide, back/next) (swf, png, jpg, gif)

• Skin based interface (all graphics including logo, icons, buttons, panels, emoticons, background are loaded from external images and can be changed)
• Translation engine that allows translation of most important texts
  Send message "/videowhisper translation" using text chat to get full list of translations used during current session.
• Enable/disable access to streaming settings
• Enable/disable access to advanced settings like fps, resolution (including NTSC & PAL DVD quality that automatically changes aspect ratio)
• Enable/disable webcam access
• Enable/disable access to extra videos for regular users
• Setup default, maximum bandwidth
• Setup webcam resolution and frames per second (FPS)
• Setup microphone rate (i.e. 8, 11, 22, 44)
• Session timing and control from php (can be used to setup pay per view, pay per minute systems)
• Enable/disable timer
• Set html welcome to chat message
• Set room users limit
• Enable/disable chat panel for regular users
• Enable/disable file sharing panel for regular users
• Enable/disable participants list for regular users
• Enable/disable file upload for regular users
• Enable/disable file deletion for regular users
• Enable/disable webcam audio
• Enable/disable webcam video
• Enable/disable webcam publishing with external encoder
• Filter bad words (regex)
• Configure flood protection for text chat (in seconds)
• Enable/disable writing in text chat

If moderators want to broadcast their screen (when using a new software or site, tutoring various computer skills) they can do that easily just by using a screen sharing driver that simulates a webcam from desktop contents. Read more about: Screen Sharing with Flash .

Panels can be changed realtime during run time by each user and also webmaster can change their startup position.
Read more about: Changing video consultation default panel positions and sizes.

The media encoder setup box can be used to display streams from various rtmp servers and publishing applications.
The Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder should be used with a Adobe Flash Media Server.

Also latest versions allow publishing webcam trough same rtmp server. Just click the tool icon on the webcam panel and pick external encoder - details with server and stream name to publish will be provided.