---
name: "ihu"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ihu"
version: "0.6.0-2+b1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ihu"
---

# ihu(1)

a Qt VoIP softphone with an own, encrypted protocol

## NAME

ihu - a Qt VoIP softphone with an own, encrypted protocol

## SYNOPSIS

**ihu** \[ **\[--help\]** \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **ihu** commands.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**ihu** creates an audio stream between two computers easily and with the minimal traffic on the network. The main features are Peer-to-Peer, UDP/TCP support, Speex codec, Crypted stream and Command-line support.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of options is included below.

- **--conf FILE**

  Use FILE as configuration file

- **--wait**

  Wait for incoming calls

- **--call HOST**

  Call HOST (DNS or IP address)

- **--file FILE**

  Play a IHU FILE

- **--encrypt**

  Encrypt the outgoing stream

- **--noinput**

  Disable audio INPUT

- **--nooutput**

  Disable audio OUTPUT

- **--nogui**

  Start without GUI (no interaction)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Andrea Capriotti \<capriott@debian.org\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.