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Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> FYI if anyone wants to try audio and video chat on the new pidgin |
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> 2.6.1 release, it didn't work for me (UVC webcam) until I emerged |
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> these packages: |
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> pidgin-2.6.1 (with "gstreamer" USE flag enabled) |
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> gst-plugins-v4l2 |
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> gst-plugins-farsight |
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> gnome-media |
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> The last item was need to get gstreamer-properties, which let me |
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> define which audio/video devices to use for input and test them. If |
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> you're a gnome user you've probably already got it. Pidgin devs say |
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> they hope to allow configuration from within the app in the future, |
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> but right now it has to be done externally. |
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Thanks for posting this! |
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But......... ugh!; the last one is a killer. Is there any way that I can |
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vim some config somewhere, and avoid installing all of the gnome stuff |
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required by gnome-media? |
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