[ILUG] linux and mac video conferencing

[Ewan Oughton]

Hi,


aMSN on Linux does MSN video conferencing, I've used it from behind NATs 
without any issues.



Rgds


Ewan



Ewan Oughton B.Sc. Comp Sys
DB / AnonFTP / Orac Root Admin SkyNet


On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Michael Watterson wrote:

> Belgarath wrote:
>> On Monday 25 June 2007 10:38:16 Daniel Shaw wrote:
>> 
>>> AFAIK Gaim has never ben able to do video and still doesn't. It's a
>>> totally brilliant multi-protocal chat/insant message client. For chat.
>>> No video though.
>>> 
>> 
>> Gaim definitely do video on msn protocol
>> 
>>> Doesn't Skype do video? If so just use Skype. It works great for just
>>> phone anyway, that's for sure.
>>>
>>> 
>> no skype for linux does not support video
>> 
>> Belgarath
>> 
> I was thinking that just looking at the Skype Linux FAQ right now.
> However they have added Mac Video now, so maybe Linux video is on the way.
> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/macosx/
> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/
> http://support.skype.com/index.php?_a=knowledgebase&_j=subcat&_i=11
>
> They arn't allowed to call it GAIM now, hence pidgin
> http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin
>
> Maybe Gaim/Pidgin only does MSN video on some platforms?
>
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> Mike
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