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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: pidgin 2.6.1 and video
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Paul Hartman wrote:
> FYI if anyone wants to try audio and video chat on the new pidgin
> 2.6.1 release, it didn't work for me (UVC webcam) until I emerged
> these packages:
> 
> pidgin-2.6.1 (with "gstreamer" USE flag enabled)
> gst-plugins-v4l2
> gst-plugins-farsight
> gnome-media
> 
> The last item was need to get gstreamer-properties, which let me
> define which audio/video devices to use for input and test them. If
> you're a gnome user you've probably already got it. Pidgin devs say
> they hope to allow configuration from within the app in the future,
> but right now it has to be done externally.
> 
> 
Thanks for posting this!

But......... ugh!; the last one is a killer. Is there any way that I can
vim some config somewhere, and avoid installing all of the gnome stuff
required by gnome-media?