Audio and video support

You can only have audio and video conversation with contacts who are using an application which also supports this feature.

In order to have an audio conversation, you need to have a sound card that is supported by your operating system, and a working microphone.

In order to have a video conversation, you need to have a webcam that is supported by your operating system, and a working microphone.

Supported Account Types

You can only have audio and video conversations using accounts on certain supported services. The following table lists whether audio and video is supported for each type of account.

Account types are provided by plugins. Your system may not have all of the following types available, or it may have types not listed here. Updated plugins may make audio or video conversations possible on account types that are listed as unsupported here.

Service

Audio

Video

AIM

No

No

gadugadu

No

No

Google Talk

Yes

Yes

Groupwise

No

No

ICQ

No

No

IRC

No

No

Jabber

Yes

Yes

myspace

No

No

qq

No

No

People Nearby

No

No

sametime

No

No

silc

No

No

SIP

Yes

Yes

Yahoo!

No

No

zephyr

No

No