James Cornell wrote: > Tom Vacek wrote: > >> Have you tried Blastwave mplayer? I haven't tried it with many DVDs, >> but it's been very good for what I have tested it on. Note: Use >> "cdrecord -scanbus" to figure out the SCSI address of your DVD drive, >> and then call mplayer like this: /opt/csw/bin/mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device >> /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2, but replace the numbers 3, 0 ,0 in the last part with >> the address given by cdrecord. The shock value when somebody sees you >> type that is priceless. >> >> As for Skype, I believe there is a way to use the Linux version on >> Solaris. You'll have to Google that, and it's not pretty. You would do >> much better to use SIP, especially if you live in China, and Ekiga (aka >> "Video Conference") works out of the box, even on Linux nowdays. (For a >> proxy, Ekiga's own is good, and iptel.org is great.) >> >> Tom >> >> >> secret squirrel wrote: >> >> >>> seems like this is a good place to start moaning if you want skype for >>> solaris >>> >>> http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=26856&st=20&gopid=1052331&#entry1052331 >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> > Gizmo's proxy service also works. > > Download their client (Lin/Mac/Win) (There's a url somewhere) to > register an account and install onto a computer with one of those os, > virtualbox, or brand-z if you're feeling dangerous. > Login to gizmo5.com for your sip number > Set server to proxy01.sipphone.com > Set username and auth username to your id number (Mine is 17472942049 if > you wanna call me) > Fill in your password > Set stun to: > stun01.sipphone.com (Ekiga.net should work equally despite them being > different. > > Reference: > http://support.gizmoproject.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=402&nav=0 > http://forum.gizmo5.com/viewtopic.php?p=37399 > > Send e-mails at Gizmo's developers to make a Solaris client, they are > probably more than willing, and are more open to the public than Skype > who mirrors a traditional monolithic evil entity IMHO. > > I use ekiga too (sparcdr at ekiga.net) but it sometimes goes down giving me > stupid errors like Authorization not allowed. (503) > > James > Ekiga's SIP proxy has some rough edges, but I've had excellent luck with iptel.org. Also, SIP Communicator is a SIP UA that is written in Java. The platform independent version works fine on OS, and it has all the features of Skype: chat, voice, and video. With a single exception,* I can't think of anything nice to say about Skype. It hijacks your computer to proxy other people's calls whenever it is running, and it probably does other things which we don't know about. I tried their PSTN connection service back when it was free, and I was totally unimpressed. As a PSTN gateway, the quality was worse than an old dialup modem paired with Asterisk/Zaptel. Their prices are lousy, too, and e911 is not available even if you wanted it. All in all, one of the reasons I like OS is that I can't install Skype, so if someone asks I get to be the victim of evil proprietary software rather than a free software curmudgeon. If there's ever a binary, I'm not sure where I'll go. OpenBSD, perhaps, or Plan 9. That's probably safe. Sorry about the rant.
*Skype does use a wideband codec for non-PSTN calls, but few SIP UAs have any wideband capability.
