I have same issue. None of the attempted workarounds via disabling ffmpeg issue or upgrading good/bad plugins worked.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/731785 Title: failure to establish video stream -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs