Ekiga Interoperability

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Softphones (VoIP)

image:48-Tux.png Linux

  • Green: Works gracefully with Ekiga last stable version
  • Orange: Need Ekiga development version* OR require third party software OR don't work as expected
Linux softphones compatible with Ekiga
Software name Free Software Protocol image:Internet-group-chat.png Text messages

(protocols)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Audio

(codecs)

image:Camera-video.png Video

(codecs)

Privacy

(protocol)

Presence

(protocol)

Ekiga 3.0 Yes SIP, H323 image:Internet-group-chat.png Yes

(SIMPLE)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(Speex narrow&wide band, G.711A/U aka PCMA/PCMU, iLBC, GSM and G.726 16 24 32 or 40 kbps)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.261, H.263*, H.263+, MPEG 4 Part 2, H.264, theora)

No (ZRTP planned) Yes

(SIP SIMPLE)

Linphone 1.5 Yes SIP image:Internet-group-chat.png Yes

(SIMPLE)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(Speex narrow&wide band, G.711U/A, iLBC, and GSM)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.263+, MPEG 4 Part 2 and theora

No (SIP SIMPLE)
Wengophone 2.1 Yes SIP Yes

(SIP SIMPLE, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber and Google Talk)

(Wengophone is somewhat flooding Ekiga chat window with some non-standard MESSAGE in SIP and add HTML to the text)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711, iLBC, Speex and GSM)

No

(non-standard H.263)

No Yes*

(SIP SIMPLE)

Twinkle 1.0 Yes SIP No image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711A/U, iLBC, GSM and G.726 16, 24, 32 or 40 kbps. Speex narrow&wide band don't work properly)

No No (ZRTP/SRTP) No
Gizmo No SIP No
Pidgin or other third party software.

(Jabber)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711U/A, iLBC and GSM)

No No No

(Jabber)

X-Lite 2 No SIP ? image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711U/A, iLBC, Speex, GSM)

No No No
Pidgin 2.1.0 (ex-Gaim) Yes SIP image:Internet-group-chat.png Yes

You must disable composing feature:
Tools → Preferences
→ Conversations → Notify buddies that you are typing to them

(SIP SIMPLE)

No No Yes* On the Pidgin side, you'll only know if Ekiga is online or offline.

(SIP SIMPLE)

telepathy-sofiasip (Empathy 0.23.1) Yes SIP image:Internet-group-chat.png Yes (with ekiga 3.0) image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes (speex was tested one way: empathy->ekiga 2.9, and PCMA both way empathy<->ekiga 2.9) image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.263+)

No No
* Ekiga SVN trunk only. This is a developper version which may be broken.
The simpliest way to try Ekiga SVN is to use our devel packages.
Then you may install the h263 plugin.

image:Apple-logo.png Mac OS

  • Green: Works gracefully with Ekiga last stable version
  • Orange: Need Ekiga development version* OR require third party software OR don't work as expected
Mac OS softphones compatible with Ekiga
Software name Free Software Protocol image:Internet-group-chat.png Text messages

(protocols)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Audio

(codecs)

image:Camera-video.png Video

(codecs)

Privacy Presence

(protocol)

XMeeting Yes SIP, H323 No image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711U/A)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.261, H.263*, H.263+ (being implemented for SIP), H.264 (being implemented for SIP)

No No
X-Lite 3.0 No SIP Unknow

(SIP SIMPLE)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711U/A, iLBC and GSM)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.263*, H.263+)

No

(SIP SIMPLE)

Wengophone 2.1 Yes SIP Yes

(SIP SIMPLE, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber and Google Talk)

(Wengophone is somewhat flooding Ekiga chat window with some non-standard MESSAGE in SIP to tell stuff like "has changed his icon", "is typing", ... and add HTML to the text like "<font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica">Hello</font></font>")

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711, iLBC and Speex)

No

(non-standard H.263)

No Yes*

(SIP SIMPLE)

Gizmo No SIP Pidgin or other third party software.

(Jabber)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711U/A, iLBC, GSM)

No No No

(Jabber)

SIP communicator YES SIP SIMPLE image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711U/A, speex)

H.263 ? JPEG ? ? ?
* Ekiga SVN trunk only. This is a developper version which may be broken.
The simpliest way to try Ekiga SVN is to use our devel packages.
Then you may install the h263 plugin.

image:Windows.png Windows

Windows softphones compatible with Ekiga
Software name Free Software Protocol image:Internet-group-chat.png Text messages

(protocols)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Audio

(codecs)

image:Camera-video.png Video

(codecs)

Privacy Presence

(protocol)

Ekiga 3.0.1-BETA Yes SIP, H323 image:Internet-group-chat.png Yes

(SIMPLE)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(Speex narrow&wide band, G.711A/U aka PCMA/PCMU, iLBC, GSM, LPC10 and G.726 16 24 32 or 40 kbps)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.261, H.263*, H.263+, MPEG 4 Part 2, H.264, theora)

No (SRTP/ZRTP planned) Yes

(SIP/SIMPLE)

Windows Messenger 5.1
(Messenger is not MSN) Tutorial for configuration
No SIP image:Internet-group-chat.png Yes image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711 and GSM6.10)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.261, H.263*)

No Unknow (See MS Website)
X-Lite 3.0
Download Latest 3.0
No SIP No image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(Speex narrow&wide band, G.711U/A, iLBC and GSM)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.263*, H.263+)

No

(SIP SIMPLE)

eyeBeam 1.5.7 No SIP No image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(Speex narrow&wide band, G.711U/A, iLBC and GSM)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.263*, H.263+, H.264)

No
Signaling: TLS
Media:ZRTP/SRTP

(SIP SIMPLE)

Kapanga No SIP Unknow

(SIP SIMPLE)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711, iLBC, Speex, GSM, G.726)

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.263*, H.263+, theora(need testing), MPEG 1/2, MPEG 4 Part 2*(need testing), H.264*(need testing)

No
Signaling: TLS
Media: ? /SRTP

(SIP SIMPLE)

Netmeeting No H323 No image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

Install Speex 8000 bps or GSM codec first.

image:Camera-video.png Yes

(H.261)

No
Wengophone 2.1 Yes SIP Yes

(SIP SIMPLE, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber and Google Talk)

(Wengophone is somewhat flooding Ekiga chat window with some non-standard MESSAGE in SIP to tell stuff like "has changed his icon", "is typing", ... and add HTML to the text like "<font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica">Hello</font></font>")

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711, iLBC and Speex)

No

(non-standard H.263)

No Yes*

(SIP SIMPLE)

Gizmo No SIP Pidgin or other third party software.

(Jabber)

image:Phone-pick-up-22.png Yes

(G.711U/A, iLBC, GSM)

Yes (With Beta V4, to be tested) No No

(Jabber)

Pidgin 2.1.0 (ex-Gaim) Yes SIP image:Internet-group-chat.png Yes

You must disable composing feature:
Tools → Preferences
→ Conversations → Notify buddies that you are typing to them

(SIP SIMPLE)

No No Yes* On the Pidgin side, you'll only know if Ekiga is online or offline.

(SIP SIMPLE)

PacPhone No H323 Unknow Unknow (G.711,iLBC,GSM,Speex,LPC-10) Unknow (H.261,H.263, H264)
Express Talk Basic No SIP No Unknow (GSM, uLaw, ALaw, PCM and G726)

Record, Conference

No No (has support...) No
IBM Lotus Sametime No SIP Unknow Unknow (Audio codec: G.711 or G.723) Unknow (Video codec H.263+) No
SSL/TLS
Unknow (SIMPLE)
Microsoft Office Communicator No SIP No, incompatible Unknow
RTAudio, G.711
Unknow No
SRTP
Unknow
* Ekiga SVN trunk only. This is a developper version which may be broken.
The simpliest way to try Ekiga SVN is to use our devel packages.
Then you may install the h263 plugin.

PBX (telephony platform)

image:Asterisk-logo.png Asterisk

"Applications such as voicemail, hosted conferencing, call queuing and agents, music on hold, and call parking are all standard features built right into the software." Asterisk: The Future of Telephony

If you want to use your Ekiga as a client to Asterisk, see this page: Ekiga as an Asterisk client

Another note (Connecting Asterisk to ekiga.net) tells how to set Asterisk up so that you can call - and receive calls from - your friends on ekiga.net.

FIXME: More documentation.

CallWeaver

CallWeaver (ex-OpenPBX) is a fork of Asterisk. It has "built-in STUN support for SIP NAT traversal", "full T.38 fax over IP support".

http://callweaver.org

FreeSWITCH

FIXME : test and document... http://www.freeswitch.org/

Service discovery

image:Avahi.png Avahi (Plug'n Play)

Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network. This means that you can plug your laptop or computer into a network and instantly be able to view other people who you can chat with, find printers to print to or find files being shared.

How to reach contacts on a LAN with Avahi ?

Which programs don't work with Ekiga ?

Skype, MSN, Google talk

  • Ekiga is not compatible with Skype or MSN and will never be compatible for direct phone calls as long as their protocols stay proprietary. We do not think using closed protocols for communications is a good thing.

Can I connect to a SIP server with Skype?

In short: no.

Ekiga users and Skype users can communicate by calling each other over the regular phone network. Skype has a service called "SkypeOut" which allows users to call the public switched telephone network or PSTN. Skype also has a "SkypeIn" service that provides their users with a regular phone number. As Ekiga can also connect to the regular phone network when you use one of the right providers, Skype and Ekiga users can talk each other, but it will cost. SkypeIn and other public phone inbound numbers are charged by the month. SypeOut and other dial out services charge by the minute.

FAX

Ekiga can't deal with fax ([T.38]). You may try OpenPBX.

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