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Idea #2371: Help Pidgin get Video conferencing

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #97: Fix compatibility with webcams and microphone.
Written by Auzy the 2 Mar 08 at 02:19. Related project: Pidgin Internet Messenger. Status: New
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Evidently more needs to be done to get video/audio conferencing support into Pidgin.

Ubuntu should help. Ubuntu is now the only commonly used desktop OS without video/audio conferencing support for some common IM protocols installed by default.

It still seems AV on pidgin is getting nowhere judging by http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/34


Maybe allocate one or 2 fulltime developers from ubuntu to work on the program, and get some official support. We are already years behind the rest.
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Written by Auzy the 2 Mar 08 at 02:19.
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probono wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 13:15
Take a look how seamless video conferencing and screen sharing works on the Mac.

S_A_S wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 15:24
Pidgin needs audio and video support. If this can be made by the ubuntu developers this would make pidgin to a more powerful application, since the pidgin developers do not seem to implement it.

hspaans wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 18:25
Its maybe more interesting to see what both Empathy and Ekiga have in store for Ubuntu.

Vadim P. wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 01:53
You can start helping today!

http://www.cofundos.org/project.php?id=89

Auzy wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 07:00
Checked that, there are no offers though yet.. It will take a pretty serious coder

Auzy wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 07:01
Checked that, there are no offers though yet.. It will take a pretty serious coder

Auzy wrote on the 23 Jun 08 at 14:08
This is another idea that has now been lost due to poor modding!

You can fix all the drivers of the webcams you want, and it still wont add pidgin support. Seriously, WTF!!!!

What is the point of me submitting ideas at all, when there are now at least 3 or 4 of my ideas which were modded in a obviously incorrect manner.

Seriously, I'm am starting to think this is a all of waste of time. Every time I look through my ideas, I notice more and more which have been marked as a dupe of another which is barely relevent!!!!!!!

ARGGGGG This makes me annoyed, mad AND Sad. In fact, I think I should might start resubmitting EVERY idea of mine which has been incorrectly modded. Because clearly, something is going wrong here.

And that's not the worst part. The worst part seems to be the people commenting about any idea that changes the way linux operates in the future with arguments that are totally wrong, or has its own critical issues.

Vadim P. wrote on the 23 Jun 08 at 16:16
Chill, and voice and video is coming: http://bomahy.nl/hylke/blog/yes-its-coming/


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