[ubuntu-za] Video chat alternatives to Skype? Ekiga etc

[Andre Hugo]

I used gmail account details. My account was previously enabled for
google talk so I do not know if this is a requirement for Empathy. 

The screen sharing and video chat that I did was between two empathy
users using google account details. I do not know anybody with other
accounts (eg Jabber, QQ) to try it out with but if I understand it
correctly you can use Empathy between different accounts. So I can not
give you feedback on that.

Hope this helps you.

Andre


On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 12:14 +0200, Chris Schoonbee wrote:
> Thanks for that feedback.
> 
> Andre Hugo wrote:
> > Empathy works great. Supports video, voice, text chat and includes
> > screen sharing if you need to give support to a friend.
> >
> > I have setup my Empathy with my google account and the video quality is
> > better than with skype in my case.
> >
> >   
> That is very good news to hear.
> 
> Forgive me if I sound a bit clueless and please correct me.
> 
> As I understand Empathy, I need to set up an external account (eg a 
> Google account or a jabber account) somewhere ie I cannot use Empathy 
> directly to communicate with another Empathy user.
> 
> What Google account do you use?  I am confused by the info I have found 
> as to which type of Google account supports video under Linux.  Google 
> Talk sounds like the correct type of account but I have read that it is 
> the Google Mail account which actually supports video chat.
> 
> Does the other party then also need a Google account?
> 
> > Have tried Ekiga but also could not get it working.
> >
> >   
> That's discouraging.
> > Cheers
> > Andre 
> >
> >   
> Thanks and cheers,
> Chris
> 
>