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sjgadsby	2009-08-06 , 14:58
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Originally Posted by Den in USA

I would pay "big bucks" for a Skype application that supports video on my N800.

This does not appear to as simple as porting the Skype video code to ARMEL. Skype would likely need to re-engineer their video format and proprietary protocols in order to support the N800 and N810. See Eero Tamminen's post to Maemo Users:

Originally Posted by Eero Tamminen

Skype video requires significantly more power than for example Gtalk video (which the device supports) and has quite strict latency requirements (the call drops if Skype doesn't get enough CPU).

Since more modern handheld devices have grown more powerful, probably enough so that they can finally handle Skype's processor and latency requirements, it's unlikely the company will invest resources in reworking their underlying architecture to support old tech.

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	Den in USA	2009-08-06 , 15:44
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby

This does not appear to as simple as porting the Skype video code to ARMEL. Skype would likely need to re-engineer their video format and proprietary protocols in order to support the N800 and N810. See Eero Tamminen's post to Maemo Users:

Since more modern handheld devices have grown more powerful, probably enough so that they can finally handle Skype's processor and latency requirements, it's unlikely the company will invest resources in reworking their underlying architecture to support old tech.

Ok, I can understand how the present video format is too CPU intensive for my N800. But why would it not be posible for Skype to provide a scaled down "Lite" version that merely sends a "still" picture every few seconds so that we can at least view a very recent picture of whom we are talking to. Presently a "canned" picture that was configured in Skype is displayed.

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sjgadsby	2009-08-06 , 15:58
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Originally Posted by Den in USA

...why would it not be posible for Skype to provide a scaled down "Lite" version that merely sends a "still" picture every few seconds so that we can at least view a very recent picture of whom we are talking to.

That probably falls under rewriting their proprietary protocol.

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