On Thursday 25 January 2007 13:10, Kevin Krammer wrote:> On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:41, Mitch wrote:> > Nigel Henry a écrit :> > > I just bought a webcam last saturday from the Aldi supermarket. I got> > > it reduced from 25€ to 5€. It works after some Gogling to get the> > > colour working, on Xawtv, and Camstream, but how do I use it with> > > Kopete?> > >> > > The only thing I could find on Kopete's plugins was "Netmeeting", which> > > uses gnomemeeting. Is this what I need to use, and how do I setup a> > > connection to someone else.> > >> > > I don't want to discredit Linux, and make it look like it's rubbish, so> > > am just looking for some pointers as to how the webcam works with> > > Kopete.> > >> > > As you probably asume, I will be contacting folks using MS windows, who> > > are either using MSN, or AIM.> > >> > > Nigel.> > >> > > Webcam: Lifetec LT9388 using ov511+, and well supported with Linux.> > > Test distro: Kubuntu 5.10> > > Kernel: 2.6.12-10-386> >> > Kopete is an all-purpose, multi-protocol messenging system. I don't> > think it can use webcams. However, you can use amsn (Aldo's MeSseNger)> > which is able to behave almost like MSN - webcam included. It works well> > once you've configured port redirection on your routers.>> I think the latest version of Kopete can with certain protocol plugins:> http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Kopete%20Webcam%20Support>> Cheers,> Kevin
Hi Kevin. I've had a look at that, and it sounds promising. Next slight problem. I've never upgraded any installed KDE packages before. Any tips, as the latest version will no doubt be a tarball, and will want to install in /usr/local/bin.
Nigel.
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