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darrellpf is offline darrellpf
2007-11-07 , 17:02
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Here is the announcement:

http://share.skype.com/sites/garage/...evolution.html

I don't know about an N8x0 version, but it seems that it often lags slightly behind the full Linux version.

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2007-11-07 , 19:47
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WOOT! WOOT! That's great news. Thanks for sharing.
 
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2007-11-07 , 19:52
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YES! This is awesome! No more fiddling with wine to try and get video for skype. Thank you.

Well, lately I've been using my N800 as a skype-phone. If they do get video for skype to it... wow. It'd be perfect.
 
hans-castorp is offline hans-castorp
2007-11-07 , 20:56
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AFAIK skype video for n800 is unlikely do to processor limitations
 
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2007-11-07 , 21:09
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You're right. This is great news! The Skype web site said the beta was for experienced users. I've had my N800 about three weeks. <g>
 
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2007-11-07 , 22:23
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Originally Posted by hans-castorp View Post
AFAIK skype video for n800 is unlikely do to processor limitations
Well I did read that in a thread as a response from Skype. However, if OS2008 supports jingle-video over XMPP and H.263 video over SIP then they better come up with a better excuse
 
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2007-11-08 , 00:44
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Originally Posted by Moonshine View Post
However, if OS2008 supports jingle-video over XMPP and H.263 video over SIP then they better come up with a better excuse
Are those encrypted streams? Because I believe Skype is, and that would be a serious CPU load to keep up with.
 
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2007-11-08 , 01:41
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Originally Posted by technut View Post
Are those encrypted streams? Because I believe Skype is, and that would be a serious CPU load to keep up with.
Good question. From the Skype FAQ, the Linux version (video-less) requires a 400 MHz CPU but the Mac version (with video) bumps it up to 800 . Uh oh.
 
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2007-11-08 , 03:11
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http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/
Hardware requirements
- 1 Ghz processor or faster
 
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2007-11-09 , 17:41
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Originally Posted by technut View Post
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/
I wonder if they haven't done some optimizing in the 2.0 series. Even with video (which works wonderfully with my creative notebook cam), it feels much zippier than the 1.4 series with audio only. I'm using OpenSUSE 10.2.

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