Can you use Ekiga to talk to Windows users?

[Bou]

Hiya,

Since Pidgin does not support audio/video, I would like to use Ekiga to talk to some of my friends. I was wondering, though, if there is some native app for Windows that they can use to talk to me while I'm using Ekiga.

[Kingsley]

Ekiga runs natively in Windows, so I assume you'd be able to communicate with your friends through it.

[beanhead]

I dont know of a way to do it, but there is a magic trick for everything.
I would suggest you just get skype for linux. :D

[Bou]

I've just seen that Ekiga is a bit difficult to install under windows. Are there any other easier alternatives? I wouldn't like to go my friends go through any hassle just to talk to me, or give them any wrong impression about Linux programs being difficult to install.

[Kingsley]

Really? I didn't know that.
Yes, I remember using Ekiga to test my webcam in Vista last year.

Here's a link to the download page for Windows: http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Windows_Users

[kostkon]

Since Ekiga supports H.323 then the windows user can use NetMeeting and you will be able to communicate just fine.

[wersdaluv]

As beanhead said, just use skype.

I would also suggest posting stuff like this in another forum section :)

[Sef]

Check out Wengo Phone (http://www.wengophone.com/index_eng.html).

[porter]

i've managed to get my friend to install ekiga on her windows machine without a problem, but when she calls my ip address, i can click accept and about a minute later my computer says call not answered in time and disconnects.

anyone have any advice on what settings to check? or is there a better program for windows than net meeting?

(she's only using the win version of ekiga since net meeting has a tendency to lock up a lot and we're hoping that this would help.)

thanks.