Re: [PLUG] Google chat/video

[Edmond Rodriguez <erodrig97.list@gmail.com>]

I probably should have mentioned my correspondence below is the chat
that is available in the browser when running gmail.

http://www.google.com/chat/video

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=100173

I have tried playing with XMPP with Pidgin via Google , and it was
very trying, though also a learning process for me.  Never had
complete success (been a while since I tried it).


On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:17 AM, parametric <robotslovejokes@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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