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Ekiga (formerly called GnomeMeeting) is a VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME and Windows. It is distributed as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is the default VOIP client in Ubuntu. Ekiga supports both the SIP and H.323 (based on OpenH323) protocols and is fully interoperable with any other SIP compliant application and with Microsoft NetMeeting. It supports many high-quality audio and video codecs.
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I have received very interesting contributions to GnomeMeeting lately. ... GnomeMeeting, and I will probably blog from IP4IT before that. ...blog.ekiga.net/?m=200511gnomemeeting - SWiK
GnomeMeeting is an H.323 compatible videoconferencing, telephony, and VoIP ... A Blog Page allows you to add entries, for news or other time sensitive postings ...swik.net/gnomemeetingFree your Speech " Welcome to Las Vegas
I am invited to talk about GnomeMeeting at the IP4IT conference organized by Jeff Pulver. ... GnomeMeeting, and I will probably blog from IP4IT before that. ...blog.ekiga.net/?p=19GnomeMeeting - voip-info.org
List Blogs. Write Blog Post. Blog Post Rankings >Forums. List Forums. Asterisk. FreeSWITCH ... The version 2 of GnomeMeeting, named Ekiga also supports the SIP ...www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/GnomeMeetingAdvogato: Personal info for dsandras
... spare time to have fun, and GnomeMeeting is the way to have fun ... Lead Developer on GnomeMeeting. Lead Developer on FOSDEM. Recent blog entries by dsandras ...www.advogato.org/person/dsandras/Ekiga (formerly called GnomeMeeting) is a VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME and Windows. It is distributed as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is the default VOIP client in Ubuntu. Ekiga supports both the SIP and H.323 (based on OpenH323) protocols and is fully interoperable with any other SIP compliant application and with Microsoft NetMeeting. It supports many high-quality audio and video codecs.
Ekiga was initially written by Damien Sandras in order to graduate from the Université catholique de Louvain. It is currently developed by a community-based team led by Sandras. The logo was designed based on his concept by Andreas Kwiatkowski.
Features
Integration
- LDAP directories registration and browsing
- Integration with Novell Evolution so that contacts are shared between both programs
- ZeroConf (Apple Bonjour) support
- External configuration with GConf, including ability for administrators to block certain settings
- Device auto-detection, including:
- USB hotplug support.
- ALSA and legacy OSS soundcard support, through plugins
- Video4linux and FireWire camera support, through plugins
User interface
- Contact list based interface
- Presence support with custom message
- Monitoring of contacts (in call, online, offline, ...)
- Call history
- Dialpad
- Addressbook
- Chat window
- SIP URLs and H.323/callto
- Full-screen videoconferencing (accelerated using the graphic card)
- In call Instant-Apply support for settings
Technical features
- Call forwarding on busy, no answer, always (SIP and H.323)
- Call transfer (SIP and H.323)
- Call Hold (SIP and H.323)
- DTMFs support (SIP and H.323)
- Basic Instant Messaging (SIP)
- Text Chat (SIP and H.323)
- Possibility to register to several registrars (SIP) and gatekeepers (H.323)
- Possibility to use an outbound proxy (SIP) or a gateway (H.323)
- Message Waiting Indications (SIP)
- Audio AND Video (SIP and H.323)
- STUN support (SIP and H.323)
- LDAP support
- Audio codecs algorithms: iLBC, GSM-06.10, MS-GSM, G.711-Alaw, G.711-uLaw, G.726, G.721, Speex, G.722, CELT (also G.723.1, G.728, G.729, GSM‑06.10 (GSM‑FR), GSM‑AMR, G.722.2 (GSM‑AMR‑WB) using Intel IPP
- Video codecs algorithms: H.261, H.263, H.264, Theora, MPEG-4
History
- March 2004 – Version 1.0 under the name GnomeMeeting
- March 2006 - Version 2.0 was released under name Ekiga, it was bundled with GNOME 2.14
- April 2007 - Version 2.0.9 was the first version to include support for Microsoft Windows
- September 2008 – Version 3.0.0
