[Ekiga-list] Hi Damien And The Group

[Damien Sandras]

Le lundi 13 novembre 2006 à 03:07 -0800, George Boyd a écrit :
> As a follow up to this last post. Fedora came out with a yum update that
> included another kernel. After installing the updates, I discovered that
> Ekiga is even running better then before the last post.
> 
> I was able to make a land line call to Indonesia from the US with the
> jitter buffer at 20%, the lowest default. The call was crystal clear and
> the jitter buffer stayed between 20 - 30 with no distortion. Another
> thing that changed is the lag and echo I used to get during voice
> conversations, that cleared up too. 
> 

That's an excellent news for you! (and for others using Fedora).

> Damien, as you said, that is a weird as a behavior, but the results
> speak for themselves. I duplicated the results by calling from the US to
> other land line numbers in the US with the same excellent results. Then
> tried another overseas call and again, perfect.
> 

Excellent.

> You're the expert, and these have been the results. You probably
> understand and can make sense out of this much more then I can. I'm just
> very happy that Ekiga is working so well now.
> 

I would say that overseas calls depend on the network quality, but also
on the quality of the audio drivers. Probably the default setup on
Fedora has been improved with a direct impact on Ekiga's quality.

Again, that is just a proof the problem was external to Ekiga.

> By the way, I downloaded and installed the Ekiga 2.03 and I'm not really
> sure where you all are going with the interface, but I really do like
> the interface for 2.02 much better. It's cleaner and easier to us.

I don't understand what you mean by that because the user interface has
not changed between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3.  We have only made changes in CVS
HEAD with a new interface with a contacts list.

> 
> I guess that after the vote, the new interface is what the majority
> wanted, so I'll deal with it. But for now I'll stick to the 2.02
> 
> Thanks Again, Ekiga Rocks (even better then before!)
> 
> George
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 00:19 -0800, George Boyd wrote:
> > It sure has been quite on this group, is that good or bad news?
> > 
> > Damien, I thought you may like to know about the problem I was having
> > with the distorted and "helicopter" sound using Ekiga and Fedora. Today
> > I noticed that when I installed Fedora Core 6, that it mistakenly
> > installed the i586 kernel instead of the i686 kernel. I removed the i586
> > kernel and installed the i686 one and was able to make the first
> > successful (and clear) call using Ekiga through VoIP Buster to a land
> > line.
> > 
> > I don't know what the difference is between them, but I was able to make
> > the call with a reasonable amount of jitter buffer and clear. I don't
> > know if this will help anyone else or not, but it made a big difference
> > here.
> > 
> > Take Care,
> > George
> > 
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