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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by vyrotek on Saturday November 02, 2013 @07:20PM (#6661292)
A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast)

Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with the recordings accessible via an API and support 1-to-1 and 1-to-N broadcasts. They've played around with TokBox and UStream but they're not the greatest fit.

If anyone knows of a company or is working on a startup in this space I'll gladly point them that direction. They're a global e-learning company with huge government/education contracts.

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by wslh on Saturday November 02, 2013 @10:54PM (#6661994)
My company sells solutions to intercept any application playback and recording at the Windows OS level and we have a specific product targeted for Skype and other VoIP applications: http://www.nektra.com/products/audio-recorder-api/ we also sells binary instrumentation tools for companies who want to speedup their own implementation http://www.nektra.com/products/deviare-api-hook-windows/

Our technology is being used in the security field in companies such as BAE Systems stratsec, CyberPoint International, and for other uses like recording YouTube videos in http://www.jaksta.com/

Feel free to contact me, even if you just need some guidance.

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by hayksaakian on Saturday November 02, 2013 @11:30PM (#6662088)
Sales on HN, right before my eyes.

Well wadyaknow

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by wslh on Saturday November 02, 2013 @11:59PM (#6662160)
It is help and completely focused on this topic, there are no many companies focusing on bringing APIs for closed desktop/server applications.
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by nodata on Saturday November 02, 2013 @07:36PM (#6661349)
I know you want a service, and this is a product, but I'll mention it anyway: https://jitsi.org/

Not sure how integration would work.

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by thisiswrong on Saturday November 02, 2013 @07:50PM (#6661388)
I can highly recommend Jitsi over Skype. Jitsi also is snooping free and recommended for Video conferencing & VoIP on https://prism-break.org/
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by vyrotek on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:20PM (#6661489)
Unfortunately what I've found is that anything that claims "high security" or P2P technology means that they don't support the ability to record all broadcasts on a central server. I understand and appreciate where those products are coming from, but education institutions have policies that require all communications to be reviewed and audited.
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by GhotiFish on Saturday November 02, 2013 @10:40PM (#6661950)
Really? I would of figured anything that claims to be "high security" was just making delusional marketing points and was the same bog standard security you would get elsewhere.

You are less cynical than I.

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by slacka on Saturday November 02, 2013 @11:38PM (#6662106)
GhotiFish,

Why do you give snarky trolls like kevinxucs advice on how to avoid/circumvent the hellban? If you took the time to read his post history, you'd see he's exactly the kind of 1 line, trollish, thoughtless commenter that we don't want to see in HN.

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by GhotiFish on Sunday November 03, 2013 @01:47AM (#6662376)
...

are you... looking at the same user I am?

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kevinxucs

I can make the following deductions about him.

1. This user is young, likely male, opinionated. None of these are problems.

2. This user tried take a shot at IE to posture socially, and did not expect that tact to fail.

3. When he was down voted, he changed his behaviour.

I told him exactly because of his post history. It tells a very clear story of what happened. A very clear and unfair story.

edit: Oh wait, you have show dead off, don't you? Yah turn that on, it paints a different picture.

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by pgeorgi on Sunday November 03, 2013 @02:27AM (#6662503)
I guess it would be possible to build a client that always connect to a recording peer (and don't allow to disconnect it)?

Since they seem to build a product around whatever solution they will pick, they could as well do that with jitsi. What am I missing?

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by toomuchtodo on Saturday November 02, 2013 @10:09PM (#6661858)
Then they're probably going to have to roll their own.
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by tomtheengineer on Saturday November 02, 2013 @07:48PM (#6661385)
At vLine, we provide a WebRTC-based cloud solution: https://vline.com. We're still working on some of the features you mentioned (recording), but would be happy to chat with them to see what we can do.
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by vyrotek on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:44PM (#6661569)
Thanks! I'll send them your way. A lot of service proiders seem to be in the same boat. They're all "working" on recording and say they get many requests for it. This company has reviewed dozens of services which were all very close to being what they want minus the recording feature. If you were able to deliver on that you would have a significant advantage over many other competitors.
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by changdizzle on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:03AM (#6662174)
Hey! I work on the BD team at TokBox - we're planning on having an archiving beta on WebRTC by the end of the month - if you want to know more feel free to drop me a line at edward [at] tokbox [dot] com!
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by changdizzle on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:04AM (#6662175)
Also would love to know more about why TokBox doesn't fit your/their needs!
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by sahaskatta on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:22PM (#6661494)
I'd checkout https://layer.com

I haven't tried it out personally, but I've heard good things.

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by shanselman on Saturday November 02, 2013 @09:39PM (#6661752)
There's other, newer Skype APIs, I believe. CallBurner already announced they would still work, using another API.
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by kojoru on Sunday November 03, 2013 @07:01AM (#6662911)
Now that's interesting. Is there any link to the new API or at least to the announcement?
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by jenncom on Saturday November 02, 2013 @11:30PM (#6662087)
I used VSee on a project a couple of years ago: http://vsee.com/api
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by morgante on Saturday November 02, 2013 @07:58PM (#6661419)
TokBox is one of the leaders in this space: http://tokbox.com/
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by Angostura on Sunday November 03, 2013 @08:21AM (#6663111)
My word, that's an annoying home page.
Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API by dexcs on Sunday November 03, 2013 @04:26AM (#6662650)
Looks like you are searching for www.dozeo.com. You can find the API at api.dozeo.com.