What versions do you mean by "recent versions of Ubuntu"? The audio/video support for MSN isn't very promising at the moment: According to http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/Protocols%20Support and the aMSN blog referred in Empathy's FAQ (link in comment 2), MS has removed the necessary servers for MSN audio/video chat. A newer blog post at http://www.amsn-project.net/blog/2010/12/amsn-0-98-4-is-out/ mentions that the support will arrive with aMSN 0.99.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657453 Title: Can't Establish Video Calls on MSN -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs