[lug] Video chat and Linux

Sebastian Sobolewski spsobole at thirdmartini.com
Wed Jun 8 19:17:42 MDT 2005


Nope , gnome meeting sends video as well CuSeeMe and Netmeeting.  ( I'm 
not sure about the others as I have not used them )

Michael Hirsch wrote:

>Aren't those all audio-only applications?  I didn't think H.323 had
>any video component.
>
>Michael
>
>On 6/5/05, Sebastian Sobolewski <spsobole at thirdmartini.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>I've used gomemeeting (http://www.gnomemeeting.org/) on linux to chat
>>with Microsoft NetMeeting clients. It works with any H.323 compatible
>>client. ( MyPhone, Netmeeting, CuSeeMe, OpenPhone, etc etc ).
>>
>>I've also heard good things about skype ( http://www.skype.com/ ) But
>>I've never used it myself.
>>
>>-Seb
>>
>>
>>Daniel Webb wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>A friend of mine just told me that he is able to do video chat with most of
>>>his family using cheap webcams and a Windows program called Trillian.  I
>>>looked on the web a little bit to see how easy this is to do with Linux, but
>>>can't really figure it out.  I see answers ranging from easy to hard.  Driver
>>>support seems spotty.  What's the best video chat program for Linux, and is
>>>there anything that I can use that would work with my Windows-using relatives?
>>>What brands and models of webcam (if any) have consistent driver support?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Daniel
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