hugerobot Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Are there any Linux instant messaging clients that support webcam? I don't care what protocol, AIM, MSN, ICQ, Y!, Jabber, etc... My brother and I instant message all the time, and he got a webcam for xmas... he has been bugging me to use mine, but I don't know of a client that supports it in Linux. He's willing to use any client in windows if it means we can IM with webcams. Or, is there anything else I can do to video conference with him? Any Linux Netmeeting type tools that have Windows counterparts? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I have a similar interest.. so anybody know much about this topic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugerobot Posted January 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 It's not looking good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Maybe here? There is a linux Mandrake client.. haven't check it out yet.. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugerobot Posted January 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 I just tried it... it sure didn't look like it supported webcam based on the description on the site, and when I installed it, sure enough, it doesn't. Gotta keep looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackSnow Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 I searched high and low for a messaging client that supported voice chat...but couldn't find any :( Don't need one anymore anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mandrake_Mouse Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Has anyone thought of suggesting Gnomemeeting? Works well with M$ Netmeeting. Never tried voice on it, but webcam works great. I'm currently using an old IBM quikcam, and though the image isn't perfect, it does transmit/receive just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugerobot Posted January 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Not only is GnomeMeeting the perfect solution to my situation, I don't even need to buy a webcam to use it... I have a hauppauge TV Tuner card that has a video-in port. I ran my video camera in thru that port, and GnomeMeeting sees it. I'm glad I checked before I took this new webcam I bought out of the box. It's going back tomorrow. I was never able to use my video camera with Net Meeting in Windows, now I can use it with GnomeMeeting in Linux. Thanks again for all of your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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