Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-31 Thread D Webb
I'm almost sure the problem is this: http://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2601 http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ekiga/+bug/112948 Regards, Yannick I reported to bugtrack that the patch for report 2601 does not fix the crash I

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-31 Thread Edward Dunagin
Hello Dee, On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:32 AM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm almost sure the problem is this: http://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2601 http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ekiga/+bug/112948 Regards, Yannick

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Damien Sandras
Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 00:01 +, D Webb a écrit : proving to offer the best sound quality, but many people are having problems getting it to work reliably. I have been trying Ekiga 2.0.11 that We rarely get crash reports... My advice might be biased, but Ekiga has

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Damien Sandras
Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 10:28 +0200, Damien Sandras a écrit : Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 00:01 +, D Webb a écrit : proving to offer the best sound quality, but many people are having problems getting it to work reliably. I have been trying Ekiga 2.0.11 that We

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread D Webb
The Windows version is beta software. We do not have any maintainer for it (I even removed it from the website). If we can not find a maintainer, that means there is no interest for it, so we can drop it. Ouch! I guess that basically kills Ekiga. Its appeal was that it worked on Linux and

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Edward Dunagin
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:23 AM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Windows version is beta software. We do not have any maintainer for it (I even removed it from the website). If we can not find a maintainer, that means there is no interest for it, so we can drop it. Ouch! I guess that

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Damien Sandras
Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 12:14 -0600, Edward Dunagin a écrit : On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:23 AM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Windows version is beta software. We do not have any maintainer for it (I even removed it from the website). If we can not find a maintainer, that

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Edward Dunagin
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Damien Sandras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 12:14 -0600, Edward Dunagin a écrit : On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:23 AM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Windows version is beta software. We do not have any maintainer for

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread yannick
Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 13:53 -0600, Edward Dunagin a écrit : I removed pulseaudio from my system and now Ekiga is ok. Tested it with 500 and audio and videoare fine. I have not tested it with a live user. I'm almost sure the problem is this:

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Damien Sandras
Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 13:53 -0600, Edward Dunagin a écrit : On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Damien Sandras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 12:14 -0600, Edward Dunagin a écrit : On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:23 AM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype (D Webb)

2008-03-29 Thread Sergei Steshenko
--- D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:26:30 +0100 To: ekiga-list@gnome.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype (D Webb) On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:00:38PM +, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... same equipment Skype

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-29 Thread D Webb
Hello, I follow the discussion with great interst. I use Skype and VoIPBuster a lot, because the children and family of my wife live in the States, Australia and China. However, until now I am not able to get Ekiga working. The webcam is not working, and I found out that I have to

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-29 Thread D Webb
proving to offer the best sound quality, but many people are having problems getting it to work reliably. I have been trying Ekiga 2.0.11 that We rarely get crash reports... My advice might be biased, but Ekiga has always had a good reputation of

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-29 Thread Edward Dunagin
Hello D, On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:01 PM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: proving to offer the best sound quality, but many people are having problems getting it to work reliably. I have been trying Ekiga 2.0.11 that We rarely get crash reports... My advice might be biased, but

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-28 Thread michel memeteau
Maybe because Skype requires more CPU ? Which hardware power was it ? On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:11 PM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I should mention that I have tinkered with a number of VoIP programs and have been comparing. One reason to stick with Ekiga was that when it

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-28 Thread D Webb
matter that I hope to solve. When Ekiga has not crashed, sound is really good, despite also having a webcam. Dee Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:30:07 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ekiga-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype Maybe because Skype requires more CPU ? Which

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype (D Webb)

2008-03-28 Thread Paolo
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:00:38PM +, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... same equipment Skype is choppy, Ekiga VoIP streams about as well as a regular phone. Any thought on how/why? in the present case, it is exactly the same hardware/software and internet connection. remember that

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-28 Thread Edward Dunagin
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 7:13 AM, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is rather new desktop computer I would think can handle anything Core2Duo 2.0 Ghz and 2 Gig memory. Latest hardware and Linux Slackware 12.0 and Ekiga 2.0.11. Connection is 56K modem. I knew for a while Skype can be

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype (D Webb)

2008-03-28 Thread D Webb
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:26:30 +0100 To: ekiga-list@gnome.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype (D Webb) On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:00:38PM +, D Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... same equipment Skype is choppy, Ekiga VoIP streams about as well