Ekiga and video chat with Windows user

[Matthew Carpenter]

On Saturday 21 July 2007, Damien Hull wrote:
> Is there a way to Video chat with a Windows user?
>
> I have the following:
>
>     * Feisty
>     * Ekiga
>     * Ekiga account ( sip )
>     * Web cam that works with the Linux version
>
> I tried the Windows version of Ekiga. The install went well. I was also
> able to make a test call. The problem is the video. I don't see local
> video. All I get is a green screen. I know the camera works because the
> software for the camera has video.
>
> I have done a lot of searching and came up with a big fat "nothing". I
> need a Windows application that does Video chat using the sip protocol.
> Does one exist?

I have been using Ekiga for a while, but I seem to have poor quality, 
especially when doing stuff on my laptop.  It's like several processes are 
seriously competing for resources.  I know I work the poor beast, but it's 
not supposed to be quite that bad.  At times IIRC, it's just shrieks at me.
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