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ryukafalz

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Registered: 2011-06-27

Posts: 9

Video chat with Google Talk users in Empathy

So I've been able to do this in Ubuntu, but have been unsuccessful everywhere else.  Ubuntu has their multiverse packages for all the nonfree codecs, but... I tried to get it working in Debian with no success.  Thought Arch might have the right codecs, installed all the gstreamer plugins available through pacman, but nope.  So... anyone got video chat to work with a user of the Google Talk browser plugin?  What packages would I need to do this in Arch?

cedricmc

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From: Valencia, Spain

Registered: 2011-11-20

Posts: 62

Re: Video chat with Google Talk users in Empathy

Hi! I have the exact same problem. I did

pacman -S empathy telepathy-gabble

but video chat doesn't seem to work. I can use Cheese or Skype, though.

Did you manage to solve this? Can anyone bring some light to this subject?

Thanks.

zwl

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From: Tallahassee

Registered: 2012-04-15

Posts: 58

Re: Video chat with Google Talk users in Empathy

Same problem.  I have empathy and telepathy-gabble installed and when I attempted a video call empathy crashed and brought Gnome down with it.  Does anyone have a functioning empathy?

I went to https://live.gnome.org/Empathy/FAQ#Audi … ideo_calls and then checked my codecs.  I think my codecs are good.  Any other ideas?  Does anyone read into this link differently?

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zwl

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From: Tallahassee

Registered: 2012-04-15

Posts: 58

Re: Video chat with Google Talk users in Empathy

Update: After the Gnome 3.4 update, Empathy video chat works.

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smohr

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Registered: 2012-05-29

Posts: 33

Re: Video chat with Google Talk users in Empathy

Hey !

I don't get it to work. What packages must be installed? In Empathy, the "video call" and "audio call" button is disabled.
What is wrong?

With regards
Sam

jgreen1tc

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From: St. Louis

Registered: 2011-05-16

Posts: 251

Re: Video chat with Google Talk users in Empathy

does the google talk plugin from the AUR not work for you guys? It has worked for me the last time I tried it.

edit: Apparently I can't read. Didn't catch the part about Empathy. I don't use Empathy, so I'm not much help.

Last edited by jgreen1tc (2012-07-30 22:21:11)