Yahoo Webcam client/Gyachi [was Re: ]

[NoOp]

[top posted on purpose]

Apologies to all - I should have added a subject to the post. Drives me
nuts when the "Subject" is simply "Re:".

Gary


On 01/08/2008 10:39 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 01/08/2008 10:30 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 08/01/2008, gagan sharma <ginnytinnyster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> tell me yahoo messenger for ubuntu plz,i want voice and cam chat in ubuntu
>> 
>> As people have said, there's a built-in Yahoo client. It's called
>> Pidgin in Ubuntu 7.10.
>> 
>> However, it won't do voice or webcam.
>> 
>> There is also an official Yahoo client which does support viewing
>> others' webcams - I've used it in the past. Get it from Yahoo. I'm not
>> sure if it can send - I've never set up a webcam on my Ubuntu box. I
>> do have an old one I never use, but Linux doesn't recognise it. I must
>> try this!
>> 
>> If you want two-way sound and video, though, your best bet is Skype.
>> In my experience, none of the Linux or Mac cross-platform chat clients
>> are very good at audio/video. It's mainly a Windows thing. Skype, on
>> the other hand, specialises in this.
>> 
> 
> Gyachi claims to support webcams for Yahoo:
> http://gyachi.sourceforge.net/intro.shtml
> 
> <quote>
> This Yahoo! client for Linux operating system supports almost all of the
> features you would expect to find on the official Windows Yahoo! client:
> Voice chat, webcams, faders, 'nicknames', audibles, avatars, display
> images, and more. Yet, it remains very light-weight and memory-friendly.
> GyachE Improved uses Gtk-2 for its user interfaces (Gtk-2 2.0.6 or
> better required).
> </quote>
> 
> Disclaimer: I've not tried it... yet.
> 
>