help/C/video-call.page

   1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
   2       xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
   3       type="topic" style="task"
   4       id="video-call">
   5
   6   <info>
   7     <link type="guide" xref="index#audio-video"/>
   8     <link type="seealso" xref="audio-video"/>
   9     <link type="seealso" xref="audio-call"/>
  10     <desc>
  11       Start a video conversation with one of your contacts.
  12     </desc>
  13     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-02" status="stub"/>
  14     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review">
  15       <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-04" status="done"/>
  16     </revision>
  17     <credit type="author">
  18       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
  19       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
  20     </credit>
  21     <copyright>
  22       <year>2009</year>
  23       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
  24     </copyright>
  25     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  26   </info>
  27   <title>Start a video conversation</title>
  28
  29   <p>If you have a webcam, you can call your contacts and have an video
  30   conversation with them.  This features only works with certain types of
  31   accounts, and it requires the other person to have an application that
  32   supports video calls.</p>
  33
  34   <steps>
  35     <item>
  36       <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click the
  37       <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/camera-web.png">video call</media>
  38       icon next to the name of the contact you wish to call.  Alternatively,
  39       right click the contact and choose <gui>Video Call</gui>.</p>
  40     </item>
  41     <item>
  42       <p>A new window will open. When the connection is established, you will
  43       see <gui>Connected</gui> at the bottom of the window, along with the
  44       total conversation time.</p>
  45     </item>
  46     <item>
  47       <p>To end the conversation, choose <guiseq><gui>Call</gui><gui>Hang up</gui></guiseq>.</p>
  48     </item>
  49   </steps>
  50   <note style="tip">
  51     <p>To turn a video conversation into an adio conversation, choose
  52     <guiseq><gui>Call</gui><gui>Send video</gui></guiseq>, or click the
  53     <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/camera-web.png">video call</media>
  54     toolbar button to deselect it.</p>
  55   </note>
  56
  57
  58
  59 </page>