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 > > > > Regar

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 cras

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Damien Sandras
Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 21:58 +0200, Damien Sandras a écrit : > 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

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: > > > > >

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: http://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/vie

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 maintaine

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 > > > maintain

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread Damien Sandras
Le dimanche 30 mars 2008 à 15:23 +, D Webb a écrit : > > 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 th

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

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 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

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 Ek

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-30 Thread D Webb
> I am running UbuntuStudio 7.10 and Ekiga 2.0.11. > I have a little trouble with the audio at times but usually can work > it out to the point of carrying on a conversation. Video has worked > fine on my system as well. Many time I suspect the mic on both ends. > Mine has been stepped on but I i

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 mig

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 reputati

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-29 Thread Damien Sandras
Le samedi 29 mars 2008 à 15:28 +, 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 b

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 pay

Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-29 Thread Hans Minekus
2008/3/29, Edward Dunagin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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

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

2008-03-28 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

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 ch

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

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 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 require

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 >