Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread TN Patriot via ekiga-list
On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:46:09 +0800 Bret Busby via ekiga-list wrote: > On 17/09/2019, selin...@mathstat.dal.ca wrote: > > Hi, > > > > this is a newbie question. I am trying to install Ekiga on an Ubuntu > > 19.04 system. I ran into several problems: > > > > * there doesn't seem to be an ekiga pac

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread Stuart D. Gathman
On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Bret Busby via ekiga-list wrote: I believe that you are better not trying to install Ekiga, especcially as a new user. No new development is being done, and, Ekiga is no longer fully supported, insofar as I am aware. Linphone is a currently supported SIP client. --

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread Stuart D. Gathman
On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, selin...@mathstat.dal.ca wrote: thanks for your reply. Of course I am already a Skype user. But I am specifically interested in finding some open source software that can connect to existing H.323 teleconferencing equipment. YATE does sip and h323. I also saw from this re

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread Jan Willamowius via ekiga-list
Hi Peter, server side you have the GNU Gatekeeper (https://www.gnugk.org) that uses H.323 and is still under active development. Unfortunately nonw of the available OpenSource endpoints is really production quality. See my list at https://www.gnugk.org/h323-endpoint.html I think you best bet are

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread Val via ekiga-list
Please remove my email from this list -- Best Regards. ___ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread selinger
Hi Eugen, thanks! Yes, we are using something similar to the link you gave. Still it is oddly frustrating that there is no open source solution. The H.323 standard is a 20-year old open standard, and there seem to have been various projects that are all abandoned. I might yet try to resurrect one

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread Eugen Dedu
Hi, Ekiga is not ready for H323, unfortunately. I tried it once with an H323 equipment in France and it did not work. There are still bugs which make it unusable. French researchers have access to a very easy to use videoconferencing system, https://rendez-vous.renater.fr. You have access

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread selinger
Hi Bret, thanks for your reply. Of course I am already a Skype user. But I am specifically interested in finding some open source software that can connect to existing H.323 teleconferencing equipment. Occasionally someone requires this. For example, this week I must participate remotely in a Ph.

Re: [Ekiga-list] newbie

2019-09-17 Thread Bret Busby via ekiga-list
On 17/09/2019, selin...@mathstat.dal.ca wrote: > Hi, > > this is a newbie question. I am trying to install Ekiga on an Ubuntu > 19.04 system. I ran into several problems: > > * there doesn't seem to be an ekiga package in Ubuntu 19.04. At any > rate, "apt install ekiga" said there was no such pa