Questions tagged [voip]
Voice-Over-Internet Protocol
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How minimize Signal messenger to system tray (top-right corner)?
This is standard behaviour of all desktop messengers (Skype, Viber, Telegram, ..). All of them minimizes itself in system tray when Alt+F4 or close button is activated and they are running in ...
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Bluetooth Headphones switches from (A2DP sink) to (HSP/HFP) when starting VoIP application
since a few weeks I have some (more) trouble with my bluetooth headphones Sony WH-H900-N in Ubuntu 18.04 (but also in Linux Mint). It is a headphone with noice cancellation feature. So it does have a ...
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Open source Skype application
I'm looking for an open source Skype application that I can use instead of the current beta we have to install.
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VoIP on Ubuntu for phones
Will the new Ubuntu Phone support VoIP through the operating system when out of range of the network the user has? This would be a great way to steal market share from Apple which doesn't support VoIP ...
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SIP client in Ubuntu Touch?
Newb here. I am interested in using Ubuntu Phone as a SIP client.
I would really like to hookup with whoever is doing the dialer (or phone app or whatever it is called) in Ubuntu Phone so that VOIP ...
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Is there a non-web based application for calling in GTalk?
Is there a option to do this without having to use it in browser but also have ability to call, not only chat?
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Looking for a Commercial Grade SIP Softphone
I use a commercial Asterisk-based SIP provider for my business. I'm going through the process of acquiring hearing aids, and it may be smartest for me to stream telephone audio from my provider ...
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Skype locking up, and microphone "lagging"
I've always had this problems with skype and pulseaudio on ubuntu. Whenever i start up skype, i have to call someone, then hang up 4-5 times, before the other person can hear my voice.
When i, or the ...
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How to call a number from command-line with Skype?
I've seen several links suggesting it is possible to make a call from the command-line with skype. The instructions suggest something along the lines of:
skype --callto:+14445551234
However, this ...
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How do I set up SIP voice calling in Empathy?
I would like to use Empathy for Internet voice chat, but I do not see an option under the Empathy Accounts menu to create a SIP account.
How do I set up Internet voice calling in Empathy?
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Recording phone calls
Does anyone know how I can record audio from a VOIP phone call? I've tried to do it before, and all I get is my side of the conversation. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, Skype, and Sound Recorder.
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How do I resolve "No such Gstreamer factory: ffdec_mpeg4" warning?
I am using a multimedia VoIP client for making an VoIP call. The client is getting registered on the SIP server and the SIP call signaling is going through to another client but not the voice(although ...
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How do I receive incoming Google Voice calls using Empathy?
I have a google voice number so I can receive phone calls dialed to an actual phone number when I'm logged into gmail (via the gtalk widget sidebar).
I see I can use Empathy to make voice calls with ...
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Twinkle not opening after installation
I am running Xubuntu 14.04 and I installed Twinkle from the Software Center. When I try to open Twinkle from the whisker menu nothing happens, no window appears at all. When I try opening from ...
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How do I start a Skype call from terminal?
is there a way to start a Skype call from the terminal?
I have found skype4py, but it doesn't work on ubuntu 12.04. Is there a solution without downgrading?
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Multiparty video conferencing between Linux/Windows?
I have a group of friends that we are often physically separate, but we like to play old school table top RPG's. A video conferencing solution seems ideal for this.
What we need is cross platform, ...
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Is there something like Trixbox CE for Ubuntu Server?
In an effort to keep things consistent, I've been slowly but surely replacing CentOS and *BSD servers with Ubuntu Lucid. I've come across a few that I'll have problems migrating, in particular several ...
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how to repopulate /etc/asterisk/ after purging asterisk?
How do I repopulate or rebuild /etc/asterisk after purging asterisk and manually removing the directory?
thufir@mordor:~$
thufir@mordor:~$ sudo apt-get purge asterisk asterisk-mp3
Reading package ...
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SIP Phones unreliable past 12.04 - Empathy additional features?
I am currently running Empathy SIP, which works "ok" but it's definitely not up to the same standard that QuteCom is on Windows. QuteCom on Ubuntu is unstable, but yet still in the stable repository. ...
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Font size in Jitsi
I have installed Jitsi and as I have read that is highly customizable I want to change the font size as it is really small. But I don't want to configure it via the properties of Ubuntu and enlarge ...
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How can I configure isc dhcpd to provide option 150 for Cisco phones?
Cisco phones use the proprietary option 150 to tell the phone what server to contact for configuration information.
How can I provide this option using the ISC DHCP server on Ubuntu?
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Call transfer/forward with Ekiga/Jitsi?
Im trying to configure my Lucid 10.04.03 in order to work with Sip phones;
Actually, Ekiga and Jitsi* works fine, except for the call transfer/forward, that is very important for me.
With Ekiga, i ...
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How to setup an encrypted voip structure?
What is the simplest way to set up a voip structure in a Linux machine with the following features:
1) Using free software
2) For computer-to-computer calls: end-to-end encryption set by the users, ...
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Error retrieving default audio device parameters
I am a newbie. I was trying to create a simple Hello program in python to implement SIP using pjsip. The code I used is:
#
import sys
import pjsua as pj
#Logging callback
def log_cb(level, str, ...
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Add TeamSpeak3 to Unity launcher?
How do I manually add something to the Unity Launcher? I downloaded the TeamSpeak 3 client, and though I can run it from the executable I'd really like to have a launcher icon on the unity launcher.
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How do I install sipclients or sip simple?
How do I install sipclients?
SIP SIMPLE Client SDK
Copyright (c) 2008-2016 AG Projects http://ag-projects.com
Description
SIP SIMPLE client SDK is a Software Development Kit for easy
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FOSS Conference calling software
I have so far been using Skype to do conference calls on Ubuntu Maverick. I want to stop using Skype because the client looks pretty bad (or has a number of minor bugs) in the default Ubuntu theme (e....
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answer incoming calls automatically with Skype for Linux
How can Skype for Linux be set to answer incoming calls automatically?
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Trying to install call flow application ... keeps failing
Has anyone tried to install callflow?
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Callflow
I downloaded the tar file and extracted everything to:
/home/jj/Documents/callflow-20120624-180$
I followed the ...
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Voip solution for ubuntu family
My question is: I need a VOIP solution to install on my xubuntu 12.10 machine (or maybe ubuntu) and preferably with a detailed how-to configure it with images! Wich one do you advise-me? (please ...
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How to install Jitsi from the unstable repo?
Given that Jitsi won't install nicely from apt how is the desktop client currently installed?
There's mention above of using the unstable repo.
These directions won't work for at least one other:
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Asterisk and Freepbx on ubuntu 16.04
I followed a tutorial to install asterisk 13 and freepbx 13 on Ubuntu 14.04 but I was installing on 16.04. I finish all the steps but when I point my browser to the freepbx server I can't see anything ...
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Open source stun turn server which can do hole punch is there similar packages?
Is there any open source stun/turn server which can do hole punch like numb for Ubuntu ?
Numb is a STUN/TURN server.
Description
A STUN/TURN server is used for NAT traversal in VoIP. ...
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Any good foip (T.38) clients for ubuntu?
At our office we have an asterisk server with T.38 set up on it. Right now we are using a fax machine with an ATA and it works good, but were hoping to go paperless. Does anyone know of any good FoIP ...
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How can I connect Ekiga to other VOIP services?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. Ekiga does not work properly because I can't add other SIP services like (Poivy, VOIP Stunt etc.) I really need these VOIP services desperately.
Can anyone give me an ...
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How to access remote SIP phone book through Jami?
I have a Snom phone connecting to a commercial SIP provider that my company is using. It has a phone book function where all my co-workers are available automatically.
I wanted to switch to a soft IP ...
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What is a secure and reliable alternative to Skype?
I've been browsing the Internet for quite a while on the search for an alternative to Skype.
Since I'm looking for a cross-platform program, I chose Jitsi for a start but found that it works quite ...
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Is there an alternative to the skype service? [duplicate]
On ubuntu 13.04 Skype segfaults constantly (I've read a couple of threads about fixing the issue and it is kind of works now expect it segfaults every time chat message comes in) so I'm thinking it is ...
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How do I install Skype or Viber on Ubuntu Touch?
How do I install Skype or Viber on Ubuntu Touch?
My platform: Google Nexus 4, Ubuntu Touch stable
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Ubuntu seizes up after using VOIP
I run Ubuntu 18.04 on a Lenovo ThinkPad.
Lately I've started using VoiP capable apps like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
They sometimes (more than 50% of the incidents) cause my GUI to freeze up.
I still ...
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What's a good VOIP application for 16.04?
I need to make some calls on my computer to regular phone numbers in the States from Mexico. What's a good and simple VOIP to use for that with the 16.04 distro? Thanks you much
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assign static ip address on the server, or based on MAC address?
For an Asterisk VoIP server, is there any technical advantage to setting a static IP address directly on the server, versus using DHCP and having the DHCP server (router) assign a static ip address ...
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Bluetooth Audio and SoftPhone Audio Input/Output
I have a Voip Softphone software that I would like to start using on my Ubuntu 14.04 box.
Here's the thing.
My system sound right now goes through my HDMI to my speaker system so I can play music ...
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How to set up VOIP in ubuntu [duplicate]
I am running a small business unit on agency recruitments. Need to know about setting up a VOIP service to call USA/Canada..
We have around 20 phones on line and we operate from bangalore.
What tool/...
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Completely Uninstall TeamSpeak 3 Client
I have installed TeamSpeak 3 using the .run file provided on their downloads page, but something has gone awfully wrong and I want to completely reset all settings to default. I figured that a clean ...
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Empathy not able to sign into a SIP Account
I am running a Ubuntu 10.04 and trying to configure three SIP accounts on my machine. Following is the status of 3 accounts
iptel.org - I can sign in - it shows I am online, but I am unable to make ...
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What VOIP servers for Ubuntu can I find that have very low latency
I have used Mumble and Teamspeak in the Ubuntu Server. Mumble is suppose very low latency but the client is horrible. At least compared to Teamspeak. the memory usage was good. The configuration and ...
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Clicking to Dial Phone Numbers on Websites Using Dialpad.com
I'm trying to help someone "click to dial" telephone number links that occur on websites.
She is using Ubuntu 22.04, and has a telephone service called dialpad.com, that will allow her to ...
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How To Install Zoiper
I'm a Linux Novice.
I'm trying to figure out how to install Zoiper on Ubuntu 14.04. I downloaded it and extracted it to my Downloads folder. Then, I followed this instruction:
sudo ./Zoiper_3....
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How to share screen/window with a remote user?
I would like to share my screen or only a window with a remote user, something like Skype screen shearing. Is there any tool in Ubuntu that I can use to easily do this?
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