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Video for Skype Users

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-more-for-no-pants-fridays dept.

Kozmik writes "Looks like the first of likely many video plugins for Skype has arrived. Dialcom claims the plugin which works with Skype, will provided end to end encrypted video that will work behind NATs, proxies and firewalls. Currently only supports Windows."

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  1. Hardware by graphicartist82 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Maybe I'm missing something, but how does this fall under the "Hardware" /. section?

  2. Tried it yesterday by jeanluc.bonnafoux · · Score: 3, Informative

    And it works fine.

    I was using Yahoo! messenger for video and skype for the voice but video4skype seems quite better than Yahoo!
    I wonder what kind of algorithm they use.

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  3. Re:Nothing New by Elecore · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ineen doesn't seem to support Linux where Skype does.

  4. Re:what is skype? by TopSpin · · Score: 4, Informative

    P2P VOIP app. It's main claim to fame is its ability to "just work" despite firewalls. This is done using several techniques that the clients automatically discover. Most frequently clients "hole punch" via UDP packets emerging from both ends so connections work when both sides are behind stateful packet filters. Other stuff fueling Skype popularity includes; multiple platforms supported (Linux, OS-X, etc.,) friendly API terms (thus these sort of plugins appearing) and, best of all, it's free (as in beer.)

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  5. Open Source Solution Needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Don't be lured into using this just because it runs on linux too. It is not free. Install Linux on something other than an Intel machine, and you suddenly discover that a lot of this "free" stuff is not as free as you would like. No source code, no install for your Linux PPC. We Asterisk or a similar project to solve this. Maybe Gaim with Voice and Video?

  6. 2 bad points by Chatterton · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have just tried it... And uninstalled it...

    1) Doesn't work if you have any TV card installed
    2) Why does he need an ActiveX component to download it ?