Live videochatting: socket programming or wcf

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Hi, i'm new in C# programming and i would like to develop a live chatting application with webcam and voice conferencing too.

so with 1 will be better between socket programming and wcf ?

thanks in advance.

Posted 2-Oct-11 3:55am

hotchocolate_tim

Updated 2-Oct-11 5:56am

Kim Togo

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-02T04:28:00

Solution 1

Don't reinvent the wheel when there are perfectly good alternatives. Use Skype instead.

Look at the following :

Skype Game Infra[^]

Remote Desktop Control with Automated Skype[^]

Controlling Skype with C#[^]

Posted 2-Oct-11 4:28am

Mehdi Gholam

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hotchocolate_tim 2-Oct-11 12:47pm

hi,
i'm working on my college project, so not suitable using some add-on or plug-in in my project. anyway, thank for the suggestion.

Kim Togo · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-02T05:26:00

Solution 2

If you search the Codeproject site, there is many articels about all that: video, chat etc.

http://www.codeproject.com/search.aspx?q=video+chat&x=0&y=0&sbo=kw&usfc=false[^]

Posted 2-Oct-11 5:26am

Kim Togo

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hotchocolate_tim 2-Oct-11 12:48pm

hi, thank for the link :) i will try to look for it.

hotchocolate_tim 12-Oct-11 13:09pm

hi, is socket programming can implement a live video chatting application ? thx

Kim Togo 13-Oct-11 2:49am

Yes you can. But you have to finde the right tools to do it. Search the here on codeproject and google :-)