[lug] Videoconferencing in Linux

[Jeffrey Haemer]

Ben,

Perf.  Thanks!   Nothing better than personal experience that something
actually works.  And mikes?

At > $100, I should hope it works great. :-)  I'll go through the list,
though -- see if there are less expensive ones known to work.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Ben Whaley <bwhaley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, obviously I couldn't be bothered to read to the end of the post....
>
> I use the Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere AF and it works great. See a
> compatibility list here:
>
> http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, but it does want me to have a mike and a webcam.  (The nerve.)  What
>> do you recommend for those?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Ben Whaley <bwhaley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Jeff,
>>>
>>> Have you looked at www.mebeam.com? It's pretty slick. It "just works"
>>> for me. Join me in a test room now if you want -
>>> http://www.mebeam.com/test.
>>>
>>> - Ben
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Jeffrey Haemer <
>>> jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone reading this done videoconferencing with Linux?
>>>>
>>>> If you have, what are my easy options?  Web-based stuff?  An installable
>>>> app (Ubuntu Hardy)?
>>>>
>>>> (No, my laptop doesn't have a camera, so I'll have to go to Target or
>>>> Sam's or Amazon to get one, but I don't even know what to get for that.)
>>>>
>>>> I don't expect to do it often, so if the solution's expensive, it's not
>>>> for me.  I'll ask again tonight, after Tom Tromey's talk, but I thought I'd
>>>> get a jump on things by asking the mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
>>>> 720-837-8908 [cell]
>>>> http://goyishekop.blogspot.com
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>>
>> --
>> Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
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Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
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