[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:  Patches welcome
 Component:  libpurple    |     Version:                 
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                 
   Pending:  0            |  
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Comment (by malu):

 Replying to [comment:85 malu]:
 > Replying to [ticket:34 MarkDoliner]:
 > > Add voice and video support for all protocols that support it.  This
 WILL happen eventually, but it is a rather large undertaking and very few
 core developers are interested in working on it.
 > >
 > > DO NOT leave a comment here asking us when it will be finished, or
 asking us to hurry, or telling us why we should spend all our free time
 working on it.
 > >
 > > If you really want to help, have 15 hours a week of free time, have at
 least five years experienced programming in C and have experience with
 undocumented network protocols then please email our devel mailing list
 and ask where you can get started.
 >
 > I have now an "half-working" version implementing XMPP/Jingle Audio.
 > Issues:
 > * It doesn't handle transport candidate information quite correctly yet
 (but Farsight stills sets   it up, at least between two machines on my
 LAN).
 >
 > * Sound quality, at least for me, is not good. Because it doesn't want
 to use the Speex codec, but reverts to PCMU.
 >
 > * There's lots of echos.
 >
 > * When initating a call, the same widgets is shown as when receiving a
 call (i.e. "Accept"/"Deny"). There is no notification in the iniator's
 conversation log that the call has started.
 >
 > * It doesn't handle connection problems well, and will probably crash in
 some cases.
 >
 > * It doesn't take video into account at all.
 >
 > * It doesn't check the other end's capabilities before making a call,
 neither does it advertise it's support of Jingle audio.
 >
 > I'll post this patch against im.pidgin.pidgin.vv if someone is wants to
 look at it, and as a sign of some activity.

 Oh, and by the way:

 Currently it wont run under Windows.
 The call button in the conversation toolbar is not connected to anything
 (right now), you have to use the menu item "Voice Call" in the
 Conversation menu.

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