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Hans - 8-11-2007 at 23:48

Hi there,

introducing the latest webtechnology at the egea website first...

I couldn't help but implement one more feature on the egea website: It's now possible to talk in live audio & video to your fellow egea friends, right here - on the egea website itself! :spin: Using a new webservice (tokbox) that allows video calling embedded on websites, everybody can now install a video call box on his or her egea profile.

What does it look like? Take a look at my profile, and you'll see the video call box. If i'm online (and if I have my own profile page opened as well) any other egea member can give me call and we can chat over live video, right at my profile.

To have this video call box at your profile page too, please go to your own profile page and follow the information under the video call info box (on the left).

Some important remarks about this feature

You need to have a microphone and webcam connected to your computer to make best use of this feature.

All egea members can make video calls. However if you want to give other members the possibility to call you, you need to install the video call widget on your profile.

To be available for receiving calls, you should keep you own profile page opened in a browser window.

Some basic profile information (username, first/last name, email) has to be sent to and stored at the tokbox website. Before installing the video chat, you have the ability to choose which information (email address!) will be sent.

You can also embed your tokbox video chat box at other websites / blogs / etc.

If you want to disable the video call box on your profile, you can do so using the Control Panel -> Options

The flash-based video calling application has to connect to your webcam and microphone, and another server. If you are working from behind firewalled networks (work, universities) you might not be able to make a connection to this server.

Any other questions / comments? Please let me know in this topic, or give me a call! ;)

*) Hans

Laura - 9-11-2007 at 00:09

Comments: yes, just i read the post and it's just amazing!
I just have to get a camera now!
WOW!!!
_O_

Preproman - 9-11-2007 at 00:14

OMG! This is sooooooooooo coooool!!! :cool: This will give us for sure a lot of fun!!! ;) Great work, nothing else to say! ^O^
_O_Thank u _O_thank u_O_thank u_O_thank u_O_thank u_O_!!!

Zeko - 9-11-2007 at 00:25

really amazing!! Nice job!

Florowitz - 9-11-2007 at 00:40

Simply greaT!

Hans, you have exceeded our expectations again ^O^

Gert - 9-11-2007 at 00:42

Hi Hans, Very nice! ^O^ just installed it. One question, if I leave my profilepage open and the camera on, can just every member see me than?

V L A D - 9-11-2007 at 00:42

of course the blond complains :( :( :(

i get this:

API call failed, error code 32:
Username invalid

LauraC - 9-11-2007 at 01:05

i have it. Really great!_O__O__O__O_

V L A D - 9-11-2007 at 01:10

i also soled my problem .. it seems he didn`t like my username :P

really nice feature .. but does this mean we won`t use the topics and shout boxes anymore? |;? |;?

Aina - 9-11-2007 at 01:19

Nice Job Hans :)

phips - 9-11-2007 at 01:20

Pavel - 9-11-2007 at 02:11

Great job, good widget!

Laura - 9-11-2007 at 02:12

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Originally posted by daphips
i got this:

API call failed, error code 128:
Email invalid

i know why because i couldn't write the last letters of my email-address (philipp.knatz@googlemail.), but why?

try @gmail.com instead.. in fact it's the same email address :Y

David - 9-11-2007 at 02:55

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Originally posted by Gert
Hi Hans, Very nice! ^O^ just installed it. One question, if I leave my profilepage open and the camera on, can just every member see me than?

Gert, you damn exhibitionist... :P

Gert - 9-11-2007 at 03:20

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Originally posted by David

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Originally posted by Gert
Hi Hans, Very nice! ^O^ just installed it. One question, if I leave my profilepage open and the camera on, can just every member see me than?

Gert, you damn exhibitionist... :P

damned malaka! I only wanted to protect the EGEA community.(8}

but I'm sure it is not the case, it will generate way too much traffic.

Hans - 9-11-2007 at 07:55

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Solved (i had made the input field for email address to short)

And Gert; people only can see you when a call connection has been established (they call you; you accept the call). It's not a internet webcam that transmits images to whoever views your profile.

phips - 9-11-2007 at 08:24

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Originally posted by Hans

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Solved (i had made the input field for email address to short)

Thx_O_

Katy - 9-11-2007 at 09:21

Great!

_O_

lisi - 9-11-2007 at 19:30

just tried it out - it's working!! :spin:

phips - 9-11-2007 at 19:33

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Originally posted by lisi
just tried it out - it's working!! :spin:

jibbie:Y:spin::Y

Magda... - 10-11-2007 at 16:02

Hey, great idea but I have a problems with installing this. I have: API call failed, error code 1. What should I do???:?

LauraC - 10-11-2007 at 17:04

Your id is Magda.... Try it without ... Maybe it will be working. :)

Tim - 11-11-2007 at 11:21

A good reason to buy a webcam!

phips - 11-11-2007 at 14:55

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Originally posted by tim
A good reason to buy a webcam!

right:Y i bought one on friday:)

elm - 29-11-2007 at 22:16

I have a little problem with tokbox and firefox. Always, when i open someones profile who is using tokbox my browser is collapsing after a few seconds. then i have to restart firefox... my firefox is up-to-date (2.0.0.10)... does anyone else have the same problem?

btw. i didn't register to use tokbox and i won't do it in future... might this be a reason?

Dorin - 29-11-2007 at 22:33

great progrsss!
bravo Hans !!!

Birgit_Muc - 29-11-2007 at 22:41

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Originally posted by elm
I have a little problem with tokbox and firefox. Always, when i open someones profile who is using tokbox my browser is collapsing after a few seconds. then i have to restart firefox... my firefox is up-to-date (2.0.0.10)... does anyone else have the same problem?

btw. i didn't register to use tokbox and i won't do it in future... might this be a reason?

I have the same problem!! But I don't use firefox, only the internet explorer. I uninstalled it on my profile, but each profile I open and tokbox is installed then my pc always shuts down.. :(

elm - 29-11-2007 at 22:57

maybe it's a bavarian bug... 8;7

FloFi - 29-11-2007 at 23:34

....my firefox does not have any problem with it - using V2.0.0.10. If it is a bavarian bug I will not dare to use it during the weekend ;)

ThomasW - 30-11-2007 at 01:19

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maybe you should remove some of your sidebars elm! that often helped in many cases - just an insider-tip ;)

Hans - 30-11-2007 at 09:49

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Haven't been able to replicate the problem, and also haven't found reports of similar problems with tokbox on other websites (yet).
Maybe it has something to do with the Flash-plugin, maybe something else - hard to tell :(

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btw. i didn't register to use tokbox and i won't do it in future... might this be a reason?

No, that´s very unlikely to be the problem.

If anyone else has the same problems please report, because of course egea member's profiles should be accessible for everyone without crashing browsers.

elm - 8-1-2008 at 18:42

ok... quite simple solution... as u said flash plugin caused some trouble, not only with tokbox. after updating adobe flash player to the newest version all problem are gone... :) birgit, maybe u should try the same...

Rink - 27-3-2009 at 19:03

Tokbox upgraded about a week ago. I updated my stuff at tokbox, but ... I can´t change the embed code in my profile.

Would the webstaff be so kind to update it? Not that I use Tokbox.. but still... what not is can still come.