On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:03 PM, SanskritFritz <sanskritfritz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Mauro Santos > <registo.mailling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I don't know if the graphics card you are using supports video decoding >> acceleration and if skype can make use of it, but at least here with the >> ati binary blob, I can only get video decoding acceleration for one >> video stream at a time, trying to decode 2 videos at the same time with >> video decoding acceleration results in a hard crash. I have never tried >> with skype and currently I'm using the free drivers so I have no way to >> test this. If this is true for your case it should be quite easy to >> reproduce. >> >> It might have been just a random crash caused by skype too, since it >> isn't the most stable piece of software you can use. > > Thanks for this valuable advice again. I tested it, and indeed, when I > turn on another video, the system locks up after a while (not > immediately though). Has anyone succeeded to use Pidgin video and audio over gtalk? Jitsi works but I would like to use Pidgin. I'm trying to move away from Skype.
