Milo Casagrande
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Information on when it is possible to have an audio or video conversation.

# Audio and video support

You can only have audio and video conversation with contacts who are using an application which also supports this feature.

In order to have an audio conversation, you need to have a sound card that is supported by your operating system, and a working microphone.

In order to have a video conversation, you need to have a webcam that is supported by your operating system, and a working microphone.

# Supported Account Types

You can only have audio and video conversations using accounts on certain supported services. The following table lists whether audio and video is supported for each type of account.

Account types are provided by plugins. Your system may not have all of the following types available, or it may have types not listed here. Updated plugins may make audio or video conversations possible on account types that are listed as unsupported here.

Service | Audio | Video
--- | --- | ---
AIM | No | No
gadugadu | No | No
Google Talk | Yes | Yes
Groupwise | No | No
ICQ | No | No
IRC | No | No
Jabber | Yes | Yes
myspace | No | No
qq | No | No
People Nearby | No | No
sametime | No | No
silc | No | No
SIP | Yes | Yes
Yahoo! | No | No
zephyr | No | No