Skype 2.0 beta Update: X Marks the Spot
By
Ryan on February 6, 2008 in New betas and releases.
Today we released an updated Beta version of Skype 2.0 for Linux with Video. Download it now
Many historians foretold of the moment when X would mark the spot on a map. Today, I can happily tell you that we have found the X on our development roadmap, and underneath lies a treasure previously unattainable to some - Video.
In less metaphoric terms, this means that our users who experienced a ‘black’ window if they didn’t start video first in a call will now be able to see.
And in slightly more technical terms, we’ve added support for non-accelerated X11 overlay output to the client, in addition to the already well-supported Xv overlay output method.
Another requested feature of this release is debug output on the console for video-related errors, which should help some of our technically-minded users isolate problems related to video capturing and overlay output.
As usual, there are a slew of bugfixes included so please read over the full release notes for more details.
