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Ekiga (formerly called GnomeMeeting) is a VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME and Windows. It is distributed as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It was the default VOIP client in Ubuntu until October 2009, when it was replaced by Empathy. Ekiga supports both the SIP and H.323 (based on OpenH323) protocols and is fully interoperable with any other SIP compliant application and with Microsoft NetMeeting. It supports many high-quality audio and video codecs.

Ekiga was initially written by Damien Sandras in order to graduate from the Universit catholique de Louvain. It is currently developed by a community-based team led by Sandras. The logo was designed based on his concept by Andreas Kwiatkowski. speech recognition microphone

Contents pioneer dj headphones

1 Features

1.1 Integration

1.2 User interface

1.3 Technical features

2 History

3 See also

4 References

5 External links

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Features

Ekiga features include:

Integration

LDAP directories registration and browsing

Integration with Novell Evolution so that contacts are shared between both programs

ZeroConf (Apple Bonjour) support

External configuration with GConf, including ability for administrators to block certain settings

Device auto-detection, including:

USB hotplug support.

ALSA and legacy OSS soundcard support, through plugins

Video4linux and FireWire camera support, through plugins

User interface

Contact list based interface

Presence support with custom message

Monitoring of contacts (in call, online, offline, ...)

Call history

Dialpad

Addressbook

Chat window

SIP URLs and H.323/callto

Full-screen videoconferencing (accelerated using the graphic card)

In call Instant-Apply support for settings

Technical features

Call forwarding on busy, no answer, always (SIP and H.323)

Call transfer (SIP and H.323)

Call Hold (SIP and H.323)

DTMFs support (SIP and H.323)

Basic Instant Messaging (SIP)

Text Chat (SIP and H.323)

Possibility to register to several registrars (SIP) and gatekeepers (H.323)

Possibility to use an outbound proxy (SIP) or a gateway (H.323)

Message Waiting Indications (SIP)

Audio AND Video (SIP and H.323)

STUN support (SIP and H.323)

LDAP support

Audio codecs algorithms: iLBC, GSM 06.10, MS-GSM, G.711-Alaw, G.711-uLaw, G.726, G.721, Speex, G.722, CELT (also G.723.1, G.728, G.729, GSM 06.10, GSM-AMR, G.722.2 (GSMMR-WB) using Intel IPP)

Video codecs algorithms: H.261, H.263+, H.264, Theora, MPEG-4

History

March 2004 Version 1.0 under the name GnomeMeeting

March 2006 - Version 2.0 was released under name Ekiga, it was bundled with GNOME 2.14

April 2007 - Version 2.0.9 was the first version to include support for Microsoft Windows

September 2008 Version 3.0.0

See also

Free software portal

Comparison of VoIP software

QuteCom

SIP Communicator

Twinkle (software)

References

^ "Ekiga". Ubuntu Documentation. 2008-10-23. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ekiga. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 

^ "About Ekiga". Ekiga Wiki. 23 February 2007. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/About_Ekiga. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 

^ "People". Ekiga Wiki. 23 February 2007. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/People. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 

^ "Features". Ekiga Wiki. 27 September 2008. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Features. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 

^ "OPAL Plug-In for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives". Vox Lucida. http://www.ippcodecs.org/. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 

^ Ekiga Current Features, Retrieved on 2009-07-09

External links

Official Ekiga website

Official Ekiga documentation wiki

Free your Speech - Developer's VoIP blog

Ubuntu Community Documentation Wiki on Ekiga

Linux.com Review of Ekiga

Free Software Magazine - Interview with Developers

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