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 >

[Ekiga-list] Ekiga vs Skype

2008-03-28 Thread D Webb
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 works, the sound stream seems to be more efficient than Skype. While on same equipment Skype is choppy, Ekiga VoIP streams about as well as a re