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Skype now offers webrtc audio calls on web.skype.com
Posted: 2016-07-01 16:20
by gradinaruvasile
Hello,
I just wanted to point out that logging in to
https://web.skype.com/en/
Now has working webrtc audio calls directly from the browser on Linux too (tested in Chrome). No plugin required.
Only audio for now it seems.
Just tested it on 2 Debian (one testing, one stable) with Chrome. Echo test call works too.
Note: It DOESN NOT work with the Linux Skype client on the other end. I did not try it against Windows/Mac clients.
Re: Skype now offers webrtc audio calls on web.skype.com
Posted: 2016-07-01 20:39
by Danielsan
I have been checking this out for a while, as I far I remember there weren't available plugins for Firefox and Chrome available as for Windows and MacOS.
If now is working at least the audio is a cool step forward.
Re: Skype now offers webrtc audio calls on web.skype.com
Posted: 2016-07-02 05:39
by gradinaruvasile
First you needed a plugin that worked on Windows and Mac Os X. Then they made it work on Edge without plugins usong ortc i supppose (plugin needed for the others).
Now they implemented it through webrtc, at least audio for now. As webrtc supports video too, i suppose it is only a matter of time to implement video too.
BTW webrtc suppport was talked about 1-2 years ago by Microsoft/Skype
https://blogs.office.com/2015/09/18/ena ... soft-edge/
Re: Skype now offers webrtc audio calls on web.skype.com
Posted: 2016-07-13 18:20
by gradinaruvasile
Re: Skype now offers webrtc audio calls on web.skype.com
Posted: 2016-07-13 19:37
by Danielsan
I read most of the comments, too funny...
However I think is time to move on toward a new alternative for making videocalls.
Re: Skype now offers webrtc audio calls on web.skype.com
Posted: 2016-07-13 20:07
by gradinaruvasile
If you need a really secure/private setup, you should use your own service. Installing an xmpp/jabber server is trivial and does not need any complicated setup. Or host something like jitsi-meet with password/certificate protection. And preferably everything over a vpn...
BTW i did all of the above.