pidgin video chat

[Tim]

On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 04:55 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> Does anyone know how to do video chat in pidgin? I can't figure it out
> for the life of me. I click on a contact name and the chat window
> opens. Then, under Conversation -> Media I have 3 options: Audio
> call / Video call / Audio and video call. But all are inactive (grayed
> out) and so they can't be selected.

I have wondered the same.  I've come to the conclusion that only certain
IM protocols can support it, but not knowing which ones.

I have wondered if it were something that Pidgin could do, by itself,
using some particular protocol, and only use one of the instant
messenger messages to send the invite through.


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