[ILUG] linux and mac video conferencing

[Michael Watterson]

Belgarath wrote:
> On Monday 25 June 2007 09:53:03 Frank Duignan wrote:
>   
>> My sister recently got a mac and I'm interested in setting up a video phone
>> chat - anyone know what's the easiest way to set this up?  She's is a
>> complete newbie to mac's and a relative newbie to pc's so I would prefer
>> any complexity at the linux end.
>> Thanks
>> f.
>>     
>
> as far as i remember gaim(pidgin they changed the name) can do video 
> conferencig with msn protocol (and probably some others too) this one is 
> based on gtk+ same is true for kopete i guess which is kde based
>
> Belgarath
>   
Linphone uses SIP and does videophone on Linux & Windows. Dunno if it 
works on Mac. Another more fiddly option is two copies of VLC running, 
one for in and one for out..

Lots of Popular IM clients that do video on Windows or Linux seem to 
only do voice & text on Mac.

SIP and MSN (Video, Sound, not text) are very awkward via Firewall. MSN 
video/Voice seems to want to use a random large selection of inward 
ports. I've only ever seen MSN voice /Video work without a firewall. MSN 
Text chat works. Last time I looked Skype only did video on Windows XP, 
not MAC or older Windows or Linux.



-- 
Mike