Re: [PLUG] Google chat/video

[parametric <robotslovejokes@gmail.com>]

Completely new to linux guy here. But I was using the Empathy client to
video chat through google last month on my ubuntu distro and had
problems "dialing out" where I could only connect to my BF when he
dialed in. I have no idea why and have added it to the long list of
things-to-figure-out-eventually.

Brian. 


On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 01:14 +0000, Edmond Rodriguez wrote:
> Perhaps old news, but Google Chat/Video seems to work on Linux (.deb
> plugin install file) now as well (see below correspondence).    Set up
> worked fine for me and I could see the web cam image the options
> setting, though I did not try chatting with anyone.
> 
> I have been involved in helping to support a web cam (gspca module)
> for Linux releases, so I learned a bit.    In my case, I had to do the
> following, but maybe not true for all cameras.
> 
> ubuntu@ubuntu:/tmp$ export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so
> ubuntu@ubuntu:/tmp$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib"
>    (this may not be needed depending on where things are)
> 
> Then start firefox from the terminal so the above takes effect (or set
> it up some other automatic way).
> 
> Edmond
> 
> > From: Casey Bralla <MailList@NerdWorld.org>
> > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> > Sent: Sat, December 27, 2008 7:15:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] SIP SoftPhone Recommendations
> >
> > I just checked it out and got a message that it was not yet available for
> > Linux.  :(
> >
> >
> > On Saturday 27 December 2008 2:09:36 pm Jason Harlow wrote:
> > > I haven't tried it yet, personally, but Gmail now has video and voice
> > > chat that supposedly works on both windows and linux in firefox.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>
> > wrote:
> > > > I want to start using a software-based video phone to call my family and
> > > > friends (who use a mix of Linux and windows) and am looking for a
> > > > software recommendation.
> > > >
> > > > So far I've tried Ekiga (looks good in Linux, but the Windows client
> > > > bombed on me) and Skype (works great in Windows, but buggy in Linux).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Anybody have a recommendation?
> > > >
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