On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 21:56 (+0100), Eugen Dedu wrote: > Jim Diamond wrote: >> Hi
>> I have recently tried >> ekiga 3.0.1 + opal 3.4.3 + ptlib 2.4.3 >> ekiga 3.0.2 + opal 3.4.4 + ptlib 2.4.4 >> ekiga 3.1.0 + opal 3.6.0 + ptlib 2.6.0 >> under Slackware 12.2 (various computers, various kernels). >> 3.1.0 doesn't let me use my Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks >> (uvcvideo, needs V4L2 to work at all on my systems), so I gave up on >> that. > If I understand correctly, this webcam does not work on 3.1.0, but works > on previous releases? Exactly. In 3.1.0 the only choice in my video device list pairs this camera up with V4L, not V4L2, and it doesn't work in that situation. > Also, do you mean 3.1.1 (SVN trunk) or 3.1.0? 3.1.0, as found via http://blog.ekiga.net/?p=112 which points me to ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/3.1 >> The other two versions seem to behave similarly with respect to these >> problems: >> (1) The call recipient sees only his own video, the video of the caller >> is never visible. >> (2) If the caller is viewing his own video before making a call, when >> the call is established, he (apparently) alternately sees his own >> video frames and frames of the call recipient. In other words, >> the video picture is pretty much useless. >> If the two video resolutions are not the same, the (whole) window >> changes size with (apparently) each frame change, which adds to >> the annoyance. >> If the caller was not looking at his own video, he sees the call >> recipient's video fine. > Could you check if you are hit by > http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Troubleshooting#I_hear_the_ring.2C_but_the_communication_is_not_established > > ? The communication is established, but the video only goes one way. >> This is pretty much a show stopper, so the fact that many people are >> happily using ekiga suggest to me that it must be "me", but I have no >> idea what I'm doing wrong. Older versions of ekiga worked fine for me >> on older versions of Slackware. > There are many, many different issues which might appear... Indeed, I can appreciate the difficulty. I'm hoping this report might trigger a synapse in someone's brain, and we could go from there. Cheers. Jim _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
