Regarding the suggestion of using Empathy, I have been unable to get Empathy to work for voice or video with GoogleTalk; for me it has only worked for IM. I suppose it is a settings or codecs problem, but I have not been able to find the solution. Paul
El mar, 25-10-2011 a las 23:21 -0400, Nikolai Cassanova escribió: > How about trying empathy client for linux which is open source or > google talk. In terms of empathy client its a multiple im client for > different protocols and also has sip capabilities. It also has other > features. > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Stuart Gathman <[email protected]> > wrote: > On 10/25/2011 10:16 AM, Georg Umgiesser wrote: > > I am trying to find out the suitability of Ekiga for my > needs. I work > > in a research institution of about 200 researchers scattered > in Italy > > between 7 different locations. Meetings to be held are > costly, because > > these locations are up to 700 km apart. > > > > It would be nice to have a possibility to set up a video > conferencing > > tool between our institutes. However, it must be possible to > connect > > more than two partners. Is this possible in Ekiga? How does > it work? > > In the video, how can I switch between the various partners? > > It's not the application, it's the protocol. > > I don't think Ekiga supports this. However, other VOIP video > clients > probably do. Also, this could be done by a server. Those > clients and > services are probably not free as in beer. However, by > sticking with > the open and documented VOIP protocol, you leave your options > open for > the future. Check out Mac VOIP offerings. > > Another piece of advice for your scenario: set up a VPN > between your 7 > locations. This greatly simplifies VOIP configuration, since > you avoid > NAT issues, and your conversations are automatically kept > private as a > bonus. (IP6 also avoids NAT issues, but not all clients > support it.) > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > > > > -- > Nikolai Gauntlet Cassanova > > University At Albany, State University of New York > > Bachelors of Science in Biology > > Email: [email protected] > > Phone: 347-948-4317 > > > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
