Hi, Le mercredi 02 janvier 2008 à 00:05 +0000, Ed McDonagh a écrit : > Hi > > I have tried searching the archives to see if my questions have been > answered, but it didn't look like it. Apologies if you have had this > scenario a thousand times before! (Please do refer me to previous > solutions if they exist.) And happy new year. > > I am trying to use ekiga to video calls from Linux to Windows. Sound > would be useful too, but video is the main use as one party is deaf. > > Both installs seem to set up fine, and both happily show the local video > using the built in webcams (both are laptops). The problem is that when > in a call from Linux to Windows, you can still only see the local video, > not the remote. > > Versions: > Linux - Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, Ekiga install from the repositories, > version 2.0.11 > Video is using V4L2 plugin. > Laptop is an Asus A8SC with the onboard VGA UVC WebCam > > Windows - Windows XP, Ekiga from the website, version 2.0.11 > Video is using VideoForWindows plugin (same behaviour for DirectShow). > Laptop is a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ2XP/C with the onboard webcam. > > Problem details: > If the call is initiated from linux, windows offers to accept the call, > and the connection seems to work. However, you only see the local video. > In the Windows Ekiga General History it says (among other things, > including stuff about opening speex) > Opened codec H261 for transmission > Opened codec H261 for reception > Then about 30 seconds later it says > Closed codec H261 which was opened for transmission > Closed codec H261 which was opened for reception > (and the same for SPEEX). > Remote user is unreachable > > As far as the linux general history is concerned, the call is still open > no problem! > > If the call is initiated from Windows, the general history log in > windows says that the Remote user rejected the call. In reality, linux > never comes up with an accept/reject option :-( > > I don't know if there are several different problems here, or if it is > all the same cause. > > If anyone can help, or give some ideas of what to try, I would really > appreciate it. We use video to communicate with my mother in law, so if > I can get this working that would be great. > > Both systems can use Skype for video calls, but I can't get the picture > quality I want, and would rather avoid skype and proprietary solutions > if I can. With sign language, the frame rate is more important than the > absolute image quality most of the time, so I was quite excited to see > that you could set a preference for this with ekiga. >
You should upload debug 4 outputs for both sides so that we can determine what happens. Before doing that, please ensure that both Ekiga installations can successfully run the echo test on ekiga.net. -- _ Damien Sandras (o- //\ Ekiga Softphone : http://www.ekiga.org/ v_/_ NOVACOM : http://www.novacom.be/ FOSDEM : http://www.fosdem.org/ SIP Phone : sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
