Ekiga, Skype, Messenger video calling

[Sebastian Spiess]

as I said, no probs on my side.

we had two calls between 5 and 15mins long. the only problem was the ligh and the bad cam pic due to the light. not a Skype 
problem, I know.

I also remember something about certain cam types been said but cant remember if it was concerning the linux video or the 
windows HD video... something with logitec cams...

seb

newcr wrote:
> Thanks Sebastian
> 
> My version is 2.0.0.13. Audio was OK and I could do a video test call, 
> but when trying video with family Skype crashed after about 3 seconds 
> (consistently). Maybe  Version 2.0.0.27 has sorted that issue out. Worth 
> a try again.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> Sebastian Spiess wrote:
>> This might come a bit late but still...
>>
>> I had a good experience with Skype Linux to windows video calls.
>>
>> both parties had a simple logitec web-cam and I am running the latest 
>> Skype beta.
>> the other party runs WinXP, which skype version I don't know.
>>
>> We had no problems with establishing the connection, all worked out of 
>> the box.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Seb
>>
>>
>> newcr wrote:
>>> I decided to try a video call to family this Christmas day. After 
>>> research, it seemed Ekiga would work with a video call to family 
>>> members (Microsoft users - MSN Messenger).  While Ekiga seems to work 
>>> in its own right (including test call to 500 at ekiga.net), I could not 
>>> connect to the other party (Using MSN Messenger I assume). Not to 
>>> give up they downloaded the windows version of Skype and I downloaded 
>>> the Ubuntu beta version of Skype. Audio call was fine but the program 
>>> kept on crashing a few seconds after enabling video. After a few 
>>> trails and errors I decided that for it to happen, I would have to 
>>> /"join the dark side"/ and set up MSN messenger on my kids XP box 
>>> (dual boot but the rest of my family always boot to XP). While I 
>>> realise that there is a Windows beta version of Ekiga and I have 
>>> suggested it to the other parties, it is not going to happen (Not 
>>> even interested in non-MS solutions).
>>>
>>>
>>> *Main question
>>> Has anybody had experiences ... successes .... failures .... 
>>> particularly when the other party uses XP or Vista?*
>>>
>>> Has anyone had good experiences with Ekiga to Ekiga video calls?
>>>
>>> Also tried aMSN .... video and chat worked fine but audio is not 
>>> incorporated. Same with a few others I think.
>>>
>>> My preferred solution is to use Ekiga and call to the other party who 
>>> uses MSN Messenger.
>>>
>>> I get the feeling that on Christmas Day it will be a Windows to 
>>> Windows video call.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Chris
>>