Re: [Ekiga-list] Query about sharing of physical devices
On 27/02/13 05:44, Stuart Gathman wrote: Long ago, Nostradamus foresaw that on 02/24/2013 12:12 AM, Bret Busby would write: Thus, it appears that Linphone and Ekiga, can not be run concurrently, but Ekiga and Skype can be run concurrently. Linphone and Ekiga use the same protocol (SIP). You should be able to use Ekiga with your Linphone account and vice versa. If reality falls short of this, it is because of bugs in one or the other application (or providers). The whole point of SIP is to be able to chose between Ekiga/Blink/Twinkle/XLite/Linphone/etc using any SIP service based on features, price and performance. The only reason Skype doesn't fit is that it uses its own secret protocol (that gives all other Skype users access to your PC), and only works with itself. Right. -- Eugen ___ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
Re: [Ekiga-list] Query about sharing of physical devices
Long ago, Nostradamus foresaw that on 02/24/2013 12:12 AM, Bret Busby would write: > > > Thus, it appears that Linphone and Ekiga, can not be run concurrently, > but Ekiga and Skype can be run concurrently. > Linphone and Ekiga use the same protocol (SIP). You should be able to use Ekiga with your Linphone account and vice versa. If reality falls short of this, it is because of bugs in one or the other application (or providers). The whole point of SIP is to be able to chose between Ekiga/Blink/Twinkle/XLite/Linphone/etc using any SIP service based on features, price and performance. The only reason Skype doesn't fit is that it uses its own secret protocol (that gives all other Skype users access to your PC), and only works with itself. ___ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
Re: [Ekiga-list] Query about sharing of physical devices
On Thu, 21 Feb 2013, Eugen Dedu wrote: On 21/02/13 11:46, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. A question occurred to me, in a conversation with Greg. Where a person has accounts with more than one softphone access provider; eg, I have one with each of Skype, Ekiga and Linphone (although, at present, I am not so concerned with continuing use of Linphone), and, thence, an Ekiga account, a Skype account, and a Linphone account, can the physical devices be shared, so as to enable concurrent logins and access to the different accounts, thus allowing a user to be simultaneously connected to Skype, Ekiga and Linphone? It depends. For ex., ekiga listens on port 5060, and if linphone uses the same port the two programs will not function properly. The devices themselves should not be a problem I think, since they are opened only during communication. The accounts are not a problem either, as soon as they use different providers on the three programs. From memory, with some software, for example, audio and/or video recordings, trying to run one, while another is running/paused, can lead to an error message such as "device is busy", or "device is in use by another application, referring to a soundcard, graphics card, speakers, etc. Indeed, because that device is opened in one program (which uses it), and the other one wants to open it too. -- Eugen An update; in the course of the tests that Greg and I ran, I found that Ekiga and Linphone use the same port number and therefore clash for it, but Skype uses a different port number, and I successfully ran Skype while Ekiga was running, and, inasmuch as we achieved what success that we did achieve with Ekiga (both Greg and I running Ekiga v 3.2.x), it did not make any difference whether Skype was running. I also had successful video calls between me and NZ, apart from the (reasonably) succesful video calls between me and Greg, via Skype, while Ekiga was running. Thus, it appears that Linphone and Ekiga, can not be run concurrently, but Ekiga and Skype can be run concurrently. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ___ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
Re: [Ekiga-list] Query about sharing of physical devices
On 21/02/13 11:46, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. A question occurred to me, in a conversation with Greg. Where a person has accounts with more than one softphone access provider; eg, I have one with each of Skype, Ekiga and Linphone (although, at present, I am not so concerned with continuing use of Linphone), and, thence, an Ekiga account, a Skype account, and a Linphone account, can the physical devices be shared, so as to enable concurrent logins and access to the different accounts, thus allowing a user to be simultaneously connected to Skype, Ekiga and Linphone? It depends. For ex., ekiga listens on port 5060, and if linphone uses the same port the two programs will not function properly. The devices themselves should not be a problem I think, since they are opened only during communication. The accounts are not a problem either, as soon as they use different providers on the three programs. From memory, with some software, for example, audio and/or video recordings, trying to run one, while another is running/paused, can lead to an error message such as "device is busy", or "device is in use by another application, referring to a soundcard, graphics card, speakers, etc. Indeed, because that device is opened in one program (which uses it), and the other one wants to open it too. -- Eugen ___ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
[Ekiga-list] Query about sharing of physical devices
Hello. A question occurred to me, in a conversation with Greg. Where a person has accounts with more than one softphone access provider; eg, I have one with each of Skype, Ekiga and Linphone (although, at present, I am not so concerned with continuing use of Linphone), and, thence, an Ekiga account, a Skype account, and a Linphone account, can the physical devices be shared, so as to enable concurrent logins and access to the different accounts, thus allowing a user to be simultaneously connected to Skype, Ekiga and Linphone? From memory, with some software, for example, audio and/or video recordings, trying to run one, while another is running/paused, can lead to an error message such as "device is busy", or "device is in use by another application, referring to a soundcard, graphics card, speakers, etc. I am curious. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ___ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
