help/C/audio-video.page

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   4       id="audio-video">
   5
   6   <info>
   7     <link type="guide" xref="index#audio-video"/>
   8     <desc>Information on when it is possible to have an audio or video conversation.</desc>
   9     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-02" status="draft"/>
  10     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-14" status="review">
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  12       <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-04" status="done"/>
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  14     </revision>
  15     <credit type="author">
  16       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
  17       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
  18     </credit>
  19 <!--
  20     <copyright>
  21       <year>2009</year>
  22       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
  23     </copyright>
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  26   </info>
  27
  28   <title>Audio and Video Support</title>
  29
  30   <p>You can only have audio and video conversation with contacts who are using
  31   an application which also supports this feature.  When your contacts support
  32   audio or video conversations, you will see the following icons next to their
  33   names in the contact list:</p>
  34
  35   <table frame="all" rules="cols rowgroups" shade="rows">
  36     <thead>
  37       <tr>
  38         <td>
  39           <p>
  40             Icon
  41           </p>
  42         </td>
  43         <td>
  44           <p>
  45             Description
  46           </p>
  47         </td>
  48       </tr>
  49     </thead>
  50     <tbody>
  51     <tr>
  52       <td>
  53         <p>
  54           <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/audio-input-microphone.png">
  55             Icon for audio conversation
  56           </media>
  57         </p>
  58       </td>
  59       <td>
  60         <p>The contact is able to have an audio conversation.</p>
  61       </td>
  62     </tr>
  63     <tr>
  64       <td>
  65         <p>
  66           <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/camera-web.png">
  67             Icon for video conversation
  68           </media>
  69         </p>
  70       </td>
  71       <td>
  72         <p>The contact is able to have a video conversation.</p>
  73       </td>
  74     </tr>
  75     </tbody>
  76   </table>
  77
  78   <note>
  79     <p>
  80       In order to have an audio conversation, you need to have a sound card that is
  81       supported by your operating system, and a working microphone.
  82     </p>
  83     <p>
  84       In order to have a video conversation, you need to have a webcam that is
  85       supported by your operating system, and a working microphone.
  86     </p>
  87   </note>
  88
  89   <section id="services">
  90
  91   <title>Supported Account Types</title>
  92
  93   <p>You can only have audio and video conversations using accounts on
  94   certain supported services.  The following table lists whether audio
  95   and video is supported for each type of account.</p>
  96
  97   <note>
  98     <p>Account types are provided by plugins.  Your system may not have
  99     all of the following types available, or it may have types not listed
 100     here.  Updated plugins may make audio or video conversations possible
 101     on account types that are listed as unsupported here.</p>
 102   </note>
 103
 104   <comment>
 105     <cite date="2009-09-04">Shaun McCance</cite>
 106     <p>I'd like to do tables like this using nothing for No and ✔ for Yes, but
 107     we need to look at the accessibility impact.  I've
 108     <link href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2009-September/msg00006.html">asked
 109     the accessibility team</link> for input.</p>
 110   </comment>
 111
 112   <comment>
 113     <cite date="2009-09-04">Shaun McCance</cite>
 114     <p>There's recent work on telepathy-butterfly and papyon to support
 115     audio and video for MSN.  It might be released in time for 2.28, but
 116     since it doesn't follow the Gnome release schedule, I can't be sure.
 117     If it looks like it's going to ship, let's mark it Yes.</p>
 118   </comment>
 119
 120   <table frame="all" rules="rowgroups colgroups" shade="rows">
 121     <colgroup><col/></colgroup><colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup>
 122     <thead>
 123       <tr>
 124         <td><p>Service</p></td>
 125         <td><p>Audio</p></td>
 126         <td><p>Video</p></td>
 127       </tr>
 128     </thead>
 129     <tbody>
 130       <tr>
 131         <td><p>AIM</p></td>
 132         <td><p>No</p></td>
 133         <td><p>No</p></td>
 134       </tr>
 135       <tr>
 136         <td><p>gadugadu</p></td>
 137         <td><p>No</p></td>
 138         <td><p>No</p></td>
 139       </tr>
 140       <tr>
 141         <td><p>Google Talk</p></td>
 142         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 143         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 144       </tr>
 145       <tr>
 146         <td><p>Groupwise</p></td>
 147         <td><p>No</p></td>
 148         <td><p>No</p></td>
 149       </tr>
 150       <tr>
 151         <td><p>ICQ</p></td>
 152         <td><p>No</p></td>
 153         <td><p>No</p></td>
 154       </tr>
 155       <tr>
 156         <td><p>IRC</p></td>
 157         <td><p>No</p></td>
 158         <td><p>No</p></td>
 159       </tr>
 160       <tr>
 161         <td><p>Jabber</p></td>
 162         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 163         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 164       </tr>
 165       <tr>
 166         <td><p>MSN</p></td>
 167         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 168         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 169       </tr>
 170       <tr>
 171         <td><p>myspace</p></td>
 172         <td><p>No</p></td>
 173         <td><p>No</p></td>
 174       </tr>
 175       <tr>
 176         <td><p>qq</p></td>
 177         <td><p>No</p></td>
 178         <td><p>No</p></td>
 179       </tr>
 180       <tr>
 181         <td><p>People Nearby</p></td>
 182         <td><p>No</p></td>
 183         <td><p>No</p></td>
 184       </tr>
 185       <tr>
 186         <td><p>sametime</p></td>
 187         <td><p>No</p></td>
 188         <td><p>No</p></td>
 189       </tr>
 190       <tr>
 191         <td><p>silc</p></td>
 192         <td><p>No</p></td>
 193         <td><p>No</p></td>
 194       </tr>
 195       <tr>
 196         <td><p>SIP</p></td>
 197         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 198         <td><p>Yes</p></td>
 199       </tr>
 200       <tr>
 201         <td><p>Yahoo!</p></td>
 202         <td><p>No</p></td>
 203         <td><p>No</p></td>
 204       </tr>
 205       <tr>
 206         <td><p>zephyr</p></td>
 207         <td><p>No</p></td>
 208         <td><p>No</p></td>
 209       </tr>
 210     </tbody>
 211   </table>
 212
 213   </section>
 214
 215 </page>