Hi dear reader.
The Babel is a project aiming to create a VoIP application. VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol.
You may already know some applications that use this technique (Discord, Skype, or TeamSpeak to name a few).
The Babel consists of a client and a server, clients connect to the server to find other clients and start a call. Calls are made between clients following a Peer-to-Peer architecture.
Sources are hosted on GitHub You can clone the repository with the following command
git clone https://github.com/Octopus773/Babel.git
The project is using conan to handle it's dependancies You may have to create a profile and add remotes to conan if it's your first time with it
Projects conan needed remotes:
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conancenter: https://center.conan.io
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bincrafters: https://bincrafters.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/conan/public-conan
mkdir build cd build conan install .. --build missing
It may takes time for conan to download sources and build them
We're using CMake to build the project in the build folder:
cmake ..
cmake --build .
Binaries will be located in build/bin
Here you go you got the Babel but how to use it ???
First, you got 2 programs :
- babel_client
- babel_server
To start the babel_server you need to use a CLI and give the port as argument Here I'm starting the server on the port 4245
./bin/babel_server 4245
The client has a GUI, you can launch it like any other program
// TODO set client images
In order to connect to a Babel server, you have to fill the address and port of the running server
If the connection is achieved you won't get any message, just go to the login tab
When the client can't connect to the server, you may see messages like this
Here you will be asked to give the username to represent you on the server,
Our server doesn't accept multiple connected users with the same username.
Here you can see all the connected users with their usernames
You can call a user by selecting its username and click on the call user button
When a user want's to call you, you will be asked if you want to join or not
During a call every user in the call will be displayed
You're now able to use all the features of our Babel. Congrats !