[lug] Videoconferencing in Linux

[Ben Whaley]

Mic is built-in.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>>
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> Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
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