Hi, I've updated the page : http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Wich_programs_work_with_Ekiga_%3F
I still need this to be tested... Please report success. Changes : - Found windows messenger and linphone can have text messages with Ekiga. - Added XMeeting on Mac OS (audio + video with EKiga as this software rely on the same libraries). - Added Ekiga win32. Added a new colomn "Presence" (but no infos right now). - Ordered the list : the most green a software have the more it is on top. - Aesthetic : better green (more readable). Regards, Yannick Le dimanche 29 octobre 2006 à 21:41 +0100, yannick a écrit : > Hi, > > Le dimanche 29 octobre 2006 à 12:12 -0800, David M. Kaplan a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > Yannick - the page you set up is a great start to the documentation. A > > few suggestions: (1) I would add a "setup instructions" or "discussion" > > column with some empty links already in place so that people who have > > used Ekiga with that program can add a page with instructions on how to > > set things up; > > I wish i could do that, but the "boss" there don't allow any people to > use the wiki, as the wiki was hacked and the very few people > administrating (maybe only 1 person : Damien) have other things todo > (coding mostly), i'm doubt this will happend soon. Help will be greatly > appraciate on this issue i guess. For now, the best way is to use this > mailling list or IRC to report success. > > > (2) You might also add a column that indicates the > > versions of Ekiga and the other program that were tested (or perhaps > > that belongs in the setup instructions pages); > > Well... Most of the informations was collected using google based on my > knowledge of Ekiga. This is mostly theoric... I used ekiga<->ekiga and > ekiga<->netmeeting. I also get an IM from windows messenger version > 5.1.0701. > > > and (3) you might want to > > add "Ekiga for windows" to the "Using Windows" table - I naively thought > > that everything would work fine with the connection from Ekiga-linux to > > Ekiga-windows, but I could only get audio working, nothing else. > > You're right. But Ekiga for windows is still in beta, and heavy work are > currently done on building it. I'll wait a bit for that. > > I've plan to add a "presence" column, as Damien is working on it > currently. > > > > > The obvious thing that one notes from the table is that audio almost > > always works, but text and video almost never work. Naively, I would > > think that text and video would be no more difficult than audio if SIP > > is used. Why is this not the case? Do other programs have the same > > difficulties (e.g., does video from Gizmo to X-lite work?)? Is there > > any way to find out why video doesn't work? > > About text, my guess is other program implement other protocol (mostly > jabber, which is a wish of the team) or implement variation (extended) > of the one used in Ekiga (SIP SIMPLE). I don't know the current status > of it right now. I need reports about it. > > About video, the issue is codecs. Ekiga is a very old timer in VoIP > (more than 5 years) and was in first place realased with the H261 codec > which refer to one of the first codec available for VoIP. Since then new > (better) codecs has appear and most of the current software use H263 > codec only (almost like XVID or DIVX), or use the very new (and heavy > CPU) H264. Beside that, the Ekiga design is under heavy change to add > plugin for video codecs wich will greatly improve the choice of video > codecs in Ekiga adding H263 (and in my best dreams H264 via the x264 > codec). Fact is only products from Microsoft have support for H261... > > About interoperability between other software, I know no one which can > test this, nor can maintain a wiki page about it... > > > > > Thanks again. > > > > Cheers, > > David > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ekiga-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > > > -- > Me joindre en téléphonie IP / vidéoconférence ? > sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list -- Me joindre en téléphonie IP / vidéoconférence ? sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
