Skype 2.0 Beta offers Video Calling - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

hugh · 2005-12-01, 03:02 PM

Skype, which last month was acquired by eBay, yesterday announced its long promised version 2.0 software which adds video calling and a toolbar for Microsoft Outlook that allows users to find and dial contacts with a mouse click.

Marc · 2006-01-14, 05:02 PM

Has anyone tried Skype video over a dialup connection?

Skuce · 2006-01-14, 06:33 PM

Skype "normal" always cause'd my computer to lag so much that I ditched it and kept using MSN Messenger voice/video functions (which wasn't quite as bad)

Just my opinion

Marc · 2006-01-14, 07:37 PM

I use Skype on the road and I never had any problems with it even on dialup connections. I'm just wondering if the audio gets priority over video or does the video make a mess of the sound.

otown47 · 2006-03-20, 07:43 PM

I just set up Skype 2.0 and it seems to work fine...I just spoke to someone in Singapore the audio is really clear. So has anyone tested the video yet ????

Marc · 2006-03-22, 06:22 AM

I used video between Italy and Canada. Both ends were high speed connections. One way works great. Two way caused Skype to crash on my home PC within a minute or so. This happened even with both PCs connecting over my home network. Picture quality and sound were quite good.

intgr8r · 2006-03-22, 09:17 AM

I use Skype/Video regularily between Ottawa and Lille, France (near Belgium) - both on HighSpeed links.

In most cases it works fine with a decent video refresh rate (1/sec by non-scientific observation). At times, the video update rate is slow (1/5 secs), but this can probably be attributed to congestion on the ISPs we are using or within the network elsewhere.. The audio has rarely been a problem. When there is one, we hang up and re-connect....

As for dialup, I really doubt it will work very well, the audio is going to take up 14K out of 56K (or whatever you have). That does not leave much for video - your refresh rate, if it works that is, is going to be slow...

johnnysmoke · 2006-03-22, 09:21 PM

Any word on a Mac version with video?

2005-12-01, 03:02 PM	#1
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2006-01-14, 05:02 PM	#2
Marc Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 968	Has anyone tried Skype video over a dialup connection? __________________ CBC English Radio, TV and web streaming.

2006-01-14, 07:37 PM	#4
Marc Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 968	I use Skype on the road and I never had any problems with it even on dialup connections. I'm just wondering if the audio gets priority over video or does the video make a mess of the sound. __________________ CBC English Radio, TV and web streaming.

2006-03-22, 06:22 AM	#6
Marc Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 968	I used video between Italy and Canada. Both ends were high speed connections. One way works great. Two way caused Skype to crash on my home PC within a minute or so. This happened even with both PCs connecting over my home network. Picture quality and sound were quite good. __________________ CBC English Radio, TV and web streaming.

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2006-01-14, 06:33 PM	#3
Skuce Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Waterloo and Paris, Ontario Posts: 108	Skype "normal" always cause'd my computer to lag so much that I ditched it and kept using MSN Messenger voice/video functions (which wasn't quite as bad) Just my opinion

2006-03-20, 07:43 PM	#5
otown47 Veteran Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ottawa, Rogers Posts: 3,902	I just set up Skype 2.0 and it seems to work fine...I just spoke to someone in Singapore the audio is really clear. So has anyone tested the video yet ????

2006-03-22, 09:17 AM	#7
intgr8r Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12	I use Skype/Video regularily between Ottawa and Lille, France (near Belgium) - both on HighSpeed links. In most cases it works fine with a decent video refresh rate (1/sec by non-scientific observation). At times, the video update rate is slow (1/5 secs), but this can probably be attributed to congestion on the ISPs we are using or within the network elsewhere.. The audio has rarely been a problem. When there is one, we hang up and re-connect.... As for dialup, I really doubt it will work very well, the audio is going to take up 14K out of 56K (or whatever you have). That does not leave much for video - your refresh rate, if it works that is, is going to be slow...

2006-03-22, 09:21 PM	#8
johnnysmoke Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 251	Any word on a Mac version with video?