Ekiga Progress

[andremangan at gmail.com]

The Ekiga session with Chris did not work.

What I have discovered though is that the settings under Protocols seem to
be modem dependent.  The settings suggested by Chris worked  only partially
with a Siemens Speedstream 6520 and I was able to make a limited contact
with the echo service at sip:500 at ekiga.net.  The sound quality was very
choppy and there was no video feedback.

Next I used a Billion 7404 VGP-M (router has NAT enabled) which is very
considerably faster than the Siemens.  Yes, surprise, surprise - all modems
are not created to function at the same level of efficiency.

The protocol settings in Ekiga using the Billion were changed to read NAT
Traversal Method = IP Translation.  Stun Server = leave blank

ALL references under ALSA were changed from 'Soundblaster Live' to 'Default'
(this is important).

Now when I tried the echo test at sip:500 I heard this very pleasant female
voice introducing the echo service and then the screen changed to show two
video displays (incoming and outgoing).  Sound, however was still choppy.

On the assumption that the bandwidth requirements of video would detract
from the bandwidth requirements of audio, I reduced the bandwidth control
(in Protocols, Codecs, Video Codecs) from 8 (default) to 2 and the frame
rate to the halfway mark.  This may not be necessary for the faster
connection speeds.

Results: 1.  Your transmitted smile will linger for longer than intended.

              2.  Sound reception was now perfectly clear.

BTW, video is via a Logitech QuickCam IM and Camorama, driver V4L and the
echo test via the command line showed that sound reproduction (via
SoundBlaster Live) was fully functional.

That should be enough to enable somebody to join the experiment.

Next step, another attempt to use Ekiga with Chris.  This time I must first
comb my hair.

Cheers,
Andre





On 07/12/2007, newcr <newcr at mysoul.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> *Dave Hall wrote:*
>
> *On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 10:30 +1100, andremangan at gmail.com wrote:
> *
>
>  *After a few pointers from Chris, I am pleased to advise that Ekiga is
> now up and running.
> *
>
>  *
> Care to share those tips with the rest of the list? :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
> *
>
>  Andre has agreed to a test call. Once that is successful, I will give
> settings plus feedback on video and audio quality. No guarantees on time
> frame.
>
> What I sent Andre ....  (Assuming cam etc are set up OK) (Also after
> researching problems with Ubuntu and web cams I bought a Logitech QuickCam
> IM - It seemed to work out of the box fine however I did install some cam
> programs before hand which may or may not have helped. The IM is only VGA
> but I figured bandwidth would be an issue anyway. I have not had any
> problems with the cam and am happy with it.)
>
>  *I remember having registration problems. It took me a few goes to get it
> going. I didn't document what I did, so all I can do is give my current
> settings. Also I have only been able to test on the Ekiga Test account.*
>
> *I assume you have registered a valid Ekiga account.*
>
> *My settings are as follows*
> *Preferences*
>
>    - *Protocols*
>
> * *
>
>    - *NAT Settings - Nat Traversal method =
>    none                             STUN Server     blank*
>    - *Sip Settings*
>       - *No outbound proxy*
>       - *No forward URL*
>       - *Send DTMF is RFC2833*
>    - *H.323    -  didn't set anything up as Ekiga defaults to SIP (and
>    I assumed MSN Messenger used SIP as well but I think it uses a priority SIP
>    (not sure))*
>    - *I don't think there is anything else that helps here ...
>    *
>
> **
>
> *Accounts*
>
>    - *Ekiga Account*
>       - *Registrar     is       ekiga.net*
>       - *User             is       your user ID without the "@
>       ekiga.net"*
>       - *password   ***********
>       - *More options    (I think this just fills itself in)*
>          - *Login                           is        your user
>          ID without the "@ekiga.net"*
>          - *Realm/Domain             is      ekiga.net*
>          - *Timeout         seems to default to    3600
>          *
>
> *I had a few goes at the set-up wizard and played around with settings but
> the above seems to work for me.*
>
>
>
>
>
>  *You can do Ekiga to Windows Messenger
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Connecting_Windows_Messenger_5.1_to_ekiga.net
>
>
> --
> Harrison*
>
>
> I have seen this page before. I didn't try to get the other party to set
> up ekiga.net as the SIP server but did try setting up the MSN SIP account
> within Ekiga to communicate to the windows party. I couldn't get that to
> work.
>
>
>
>
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