On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 16:38 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 08 January 2007 16:22, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > Anne, > > > > I tried sharing my Logitech Communicate STX webcam under kopete over MSN > > messenger network without much luck. > > Establishing connection was a real pain in the back side (large number > > of retires to get it working) and from time to time my image would > > freeze (both in the preview window and on the other end). > > Did you have to do anything other than click on the send icon to get the video > transmitted? And received? In the chat window: Chat -> Send Webcam. If the other side sends you an invitation, you can "accept" or "reject" it. After a couple of unsuccessful "accepts" I managed to establish a connection. But sadly enough, it didn't last... :( > > I can see it in the setup page, but haven't managed anything at all in use. > > > > For now, I'm using the amsn package which seems to work just fine. > > > That's one I've never tried at all. It's in extras. It uses an old fltk interface. AFAICS it doesn't even do AA fonts. But it works. > > > Once I'll have some free time I'll do some testing and report the > > problems upstream. > > > Thanks. > > I've been trying to get both kopete and ekiga working, but it's hard work if > you don't know whether the problems are at the local end, the remote end, or > both. Indeed. Even worse, the MSN protocol itself is... err... not that reliable. :( - Gilboa
