Comments on: Pidgin with Video on Windows http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/ Eion's blog about nerdy internet things Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:25:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roby http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Roby Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:25:02 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-190 Nothing?? :( Nothing?? :(

]]> By: William Swartzendruber http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-168 William Swartzendruber Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:11:06 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-168 Now that the spammers have had their say, let's get back to the topic at hand. Are there any VV-enabled Windows binaries of Pidgin 2.10? Now that the spammers have had their say, let’s get back to the topic at hand.

Are there any VV-enabled Windows binaries of Pidgin 2.10?

]]> By: Eion http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Eion Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:05:50 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-113 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake

]]> By: Martin http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Martin Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:39:26 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-112 And another two month have passed... And another two month have passed…

]]> By: ThePianoGuy http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-110 ThePianoGuy Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:57:14 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-110 Eion, I've been building pidgin and recompiling the gstreamer/farsight for windows and I know what hell you are suffering! Do you think using VLC backend for audio/video would be a better choice? I know phonon (because of the gstreamer problems) supports only VLC and mplayer on windows. Eion, I’ve been building pidgin and recompiling the gstreamer/farsight for windows and I know what hell you are suffering!

Do you think using VLC backend for audio/video would be a better choice? I know phonon (because of the gstreamer problems) supports only VLC and mplayer on windows.

]]> By: Eion http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Eion Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:20:17 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-106 The demo video was a two way conversation, it's just that Maiku didn't want to show his face so preferred to use the test pattern instead :) Right now the work being done is trying to build the gstreamer dependencies without having to jiggle things around a lot to get it to work with Pidgin. That said, now that Pidgin ships with its own GTK/glib it should be easier to package up the dlls to go. Last time I gave it a whirl though, Pidgin went nuts with gstreamer-ffmpeg, so wasn't any good for video to/from people who were using the gmail plugin. I'm not sure why you'd want to stop donating to Pidgin though. I'm not an official developer (have a look in Help->Developer Information). The demo video was a two way conversation, it’s just that Maiku didn’t want to show his face so preferred to use the test pattern instead :)

Right now the work being done is trying to build the gstreamer dependencies without having to jiggle things around a lot to get it to work with Pidgin. That said, now that Pidgin ships with its own GTK/glib it should be easier to package up the dlls to go. Last time I gave it a whirl though, Pidgin went nuts with gstreamer-ffmpeg, so wasn’t any good for video to/from people who were using the gmail plugin.

I’m not sure why you’d want to stop donating to Pidgin though. I’m not an official developer (have a look in Help->Developer Information).

]]> By: Jon Moller http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Jon Moller Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:51:39 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-105 "2.7.1 came out before I was ready :) I’m still working on it and it should definitely be a 2.7.x version that has vv on win32" 2.7.9 is out and this post in soon 1½ years old. The demonstration video doesn't even show a two way video conversation. My guess is, that no work is being done on this. Windows users of Pidgin are the majority but the windows client is now only a feature limited edition and nothing is being done about vv on windows. Maybe windows users should stop donating to this project which doesn't seem to be include them anymore. “2.7.1 came out before I was ready :) I’m still working on it and it should definitely be a 2.7.x version that has vv on win32″

2.7.9 is out and this post in soon 1½ years old. The demonstration video doesn’t even show a two way video conversation.

My guess is, that no work is being done on this. Windows users of Pidgin are the majority but the windows client is now only a feature limited edition and nothing is being done about vv on windows.

Maybe windows users should stop donating to this project which doesn’t seem to be include them anymore.

]]> By: MacCyber http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-101 MacCyber Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:46:36 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-101 I've installed a XMPP-server (openfire) at for IM-chatting at work. It integrates well with Active Directory! Linux users (that would be just me) can make Audio/Video calls in pidgin, but Windows users (that would be the rest) can't. So, i'm a bit lonely here :-) Anyways, thanks for your good work Eion. I hope the Windows users get A/V in XMPP soon! Any updates on that? I’ve installed a XMPP-server (openfire) at for IM-chatting at work.
It integrates well with Active Directory!

Linux users (that would be just me) can make Audio/Video calls in pidgin, but Windows users (that would be the rest) can’t.

So, i’m a bit lonely here :-)

Anyways, thanks for your good work Eion.

I hope the Windows users get A/V in XMPP soon!
Any updates on that?

]]> By: Event Management Courses : http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Event Management Courses : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:58:32 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-100 i alway attend video conferencing at least once a week because of our company meetings and leadership training"*. i alway attend video conferencing at least once a week because of our company meetings and leadership training”*.

]]> By: Anthony Wilson http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2009/08/14/pidgin-with-video-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Anthony Wilson Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:05:56 +0000 http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/?p=47#comment-96 i always love to do videoconferencing because it is quite convenient;*' i always love to do videoconferencing because it is quite convenient;*’

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