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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="video-call">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#audio-video"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="audio-video"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="audio-call"/>
<desc>
Start a video conversation with one of your contacts.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-02" status="stub"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review">
<!--
<e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-04" status="done"/>
-->
</revision>
<revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.3" date="2010-02-14" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.4" date="2011-12-18" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
</info>
<title>Start a video conversation</title>
<p>If you have a webcam, you can call your contacts and have a video
conversation with them. This feature only works with certain types of
accounts, and it requires the other person to have an application that
supports video calls.</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click the
<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/camera-web.png">video call</media>
icon next to the name of the contact you wish to call and choose <gui style="menuitem">Video Call</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>A new window will open. When the connection is established, you will
see <gui>Connected</gui> at the bottom of the window, along with the
total conversation time.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
To end the conversation, click on <gui style="button">Hang up</gui>.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p>
To turn a video conversation into an audio conversation, choose
<guiseq><gui style="menu">Video</gui><gui style="menuitem">Video Off</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</note>
<section id="video-meta-contact">
<title>Start a video conversation with a meta-contact</title>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, right-click on the meta-contact.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Select the contact you want to have the conversation, and from the menu
select <gui style="menuitem">Video Call</gui>.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p>
To recognize if a contact is a <em>meta-contact</em>, move your mouse on
a contact in the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, and stop over it for a
second: a small pop-up message will appear showing the number of the
contacts that form the meta-contact.
</p>
</note>
</section>
</page>
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