[wplug] Linux and OS-X question - Video chat

Ben Beige b.beige at zoominternet.net
Mon Mar 8 12:51:54 EST 2004


the newest incantation of AIM has 2 way video chat... though Gaim and 
trillian are behind on that ;)

0At 10:10 PM 3/7/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've been trying to video chat with my father-in-law.
>
>I've got gnomemeeting (Linux) and he has iChat and ophoneX (Mac OS-X).
>
>We can get video between gnomemeeting and ophoneX but no audio.
>Sometimes we got bad audio but mostly none.
>
>After some reading, it appears the two programs are not compatible.
>I don't know if its a codec compatibility issue or what until I can mess with
>ophoneX next time I stop by his house.
>
>I also tried to use gnomemeeting to chat with a netmeeting (MS) user.
>I could make a connection but no video or audio in either direction.
>
>I can connect fine with another gnomemeeting user - video and audio are fine.
>
>His iChat seems to be based on AOL instant messanger but I haven't seen video
>in any of the linux AIM clients.
>
>My question is:
>Is there a video chat program that works across all 3 platforms (or at least
>mac to linux)?
>
>
>Thank for any help,
>
>Bob
>
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Ben Beige
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