[Pidgin] #34: Voice/video support

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#34: Voice/video support
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  Reporter:  MarkDoliner  |       Owner:  seanegan
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:          
 Component:  libpurple    |     Version:          
Resolution:               |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0            |  
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Comment (by mpathy):

 Replying to [comment:28 EgU]:
 > Okej, so there are many users that want Video/Voice and why not?

 First of all, there are many users who didnt use it yet, but would use it
 if it would be easily possible for them (for example, someone installs
 ubuntu, pidgin is the default messenger, they see they have support for
 it)

 Also, almost everybody who buys a new laptop, has a webcam, and really
 much are supported right now (for example, almost all of the builtin
 Lenovo/Thinkpad Webcams in Ubuntu) and most desktops get a budget webcam
 shipped with, who all share the same budget webcam driver.

 > Then the questeon is what happend to gaim-vv? Where did that code go?
 what was wrong with it?

 http://gaim-vv.sourceforge.net/

 Lets quote the last entry:
 "Oct 07, 2005 - Forward port of gaim-vv 1.2.0 to gaim cvs head is working.
 I would like to clarify that gaim-vv isn't completely dead, we're working
 on merging with gaim. There will be no further gaim-vv releases, as code
 will be added to the main gaim program."

 *lol* :(

 > And more important what need to be done to enable a VV-API?

 Some parts should be usable also for Pidgin, or am I wrong?

 > It would be extremly cool if finch also could use video via ascii-video.

 That's not so important ;) But it should be easy if the framework is
 there, just use another video output (in that particular usage libcaca or
 libaa)

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