F-12 and Skype -

[Paolo Galtieri]

On 04/16/2010 11:18 AM, jack craig wrote:
> i had skype installed and working well on my FC11.
> my connection is dsl, but still the lag wasnt too bad.
>
> the version is skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586
>
> guess i should try the upgraded version...
>
> On 04/16/2010 11:13 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>    
>> .
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>>       Is anyone able to offer some help with Skype.
>>
>>       I installed their Linux RPM version and yum'd the dependencies. It
>>       works well between Skype users, at least the voice is fine and I can
>>       see the other persons video although that's not a feature I would use.
>>
>>       But although it will connect to the "plain old telephone system, I
>>       subscribed to that feature," it doesn't provide a usable connection.
>>       All I have to test with is my cell phone and only hear weak and
>>       broken audio, a call to my brother's answering machine gets dropped
>>       before I can say more than a few words leading me to believe it's
>>       not hearing me?
>>
>>       To add to the uncertainty my satellite ISP contributes a couple of
>>       seconds of latency, there is the delay between here and the
>>       satellite and from there to the earth station plus what ever other
>>       system delays occur and of course I don't know what effect that
>>       might have beyond the obvious human reaction to the delayed response.
>>
>>       Any thoughts on the subject appreciated.
>>
>>       Bob
>>
>>
>>      
>    
skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586 is the most up to date version.  There is no 
version specific to F12.  I've been using skype on Linux for a while and 
I've observed that skype <-> skype calls work just fine even with 
video.  On the other hand skype <-> land line calls are inconsistent. At 
times I've experienced delays, noise and drop outs, other times it works 
fine.

Paolo