Using Pidgin voice and video chat with Unbuntu

Asked by Derrick

It is my understanding that Pidgin is now able to support Voice and Video chat. I already have a MSN Live Messenger and Yahoo account that I've used singularly for both of the aforementioned functions. I have found and been successful with loading, setting up and using Pidgin to support both accounts. I have further found the information on Pidgin's website explaining what was needed to install and use the voice/video function and have been unsuccessful in getting it to activate. IM works fine for both protocols. Please tell me what (...if anything) I am doing wrong and how I should correct it. Below are the instructions as I read and followed them:

For help with building, see Installing Pidgin#Compiling. Please carefully read through that section and any extra information for the distribution you're using.

Make sure you have:

    * gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
    * gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (not sure which version, but it needs to include the gstrtpbin plugin)
    * gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight >= 0.12.6

in addition to the extra compiling requirements of:

    * farsight2-0.10 => 0.0.8
    * gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10

Additional Tips for Debian/Ubuntu Users: ¶

You'll need these packages from the your Debian/Ubuntu repositories, instead of the ones listed above:

    * gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
    * gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
    * libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev

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Best Pablo Rubianes (pablorubianes-uy) said :
#1

I think pidgin has only support for Gtalk if you want to use MSN or yahoo you will have to use Empathy.

Hope this help you

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Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) said :
#2

I agree with Pablo, Empathy supports talking over MSN or yahoo

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Regards,
Vikram Dhillon

On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 18:00 +0000, Pablo Rubianes wrote:
> Question #93551 on pidgin in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+question/93551
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Pablo Rubianes proposed the following answer:
> I think pidgin has only support for Gtalk if you want to use MSN or
> yahoo you will have to use Empathy.
>
> Hope this help you
>

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Derrick (waltonsabre) said :
#3

Thanks Pablo Rubianes, that solved my question.