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First Beta Release of Ekiga 2.00 (GnomeDesktop)

[Posted January 19, 2006 by cook]

GnomeDesktop looks at Ekiga 2.00, the successor to the GnomeMeeting video conferencing application. "After more than one year of active development, GnomeMeeting has reborn on the form of Ekiga. Ekiga is a SIP and H.323 application, supporting audio and video, and is the successor of GnomeMeeting." New features include better audio quality, echo cancellation, easier NAT transversal, an improved user interface, and better Video4Linux2 support.

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Posted Jan 19, 2006 18:18 UTC (Thu) by tjw.org (guest, #20716) [Link]

Does this namechange signify the end of dependence on gnome libs?

From ./configure --help:

  --disable-gnome        Remove GNOME support. Don't do this, it removes essential features

Doesn't look good, but at least the option is there :)

First Beta Release of Ekiga 2.00 (GnomeDesktop)

Posted Jan 19, 2006 18:54 UTC (Thu) by tjw.org (guest, #20716) [Link]

Reports of essential GNOME features appear to be greatly exaggerated. I was
able to build it and connect to the test sip: URLs on Slackware 10.2 (no GNOME).

However, I don't have a microphone or cam, so I can't say for sure that it actually works, but it appears as if it would.

First Beta Release of Ekiga 2.00 (GnomeDesktop)

Posted Jan 19, 2006 19:32 UTC (Thu) by bshowalter (guest, #538) [Link]

I've never been able to get GnomeMeeting to work properly with my D-Link DVC-1000 (i2eye) videophone. Anyone know if Ekiga 2.00 can manage that momentous feat?