2006-10-11: Linphone 1.5.0 is out

Linphone's basic user-interface, from v1.1.0

Linphone , a free SIP (IP-telephony) program version 1.5.0 is outwith a small set of new features:

• mpeg4 video codec support (using ffmpeg of course )
• accurate bandwidth management
• theora support compliant to xiph's draft about theora over RTP usage
• splashscreen when no webcam detected
• property box shows video codecs

The last release, v1.4.1, came in September and had these improvements:

• fix crash when trying to make two calls simultaneously (not supported)
• fix crash when having no soundcard
• use sdp b=AS attribute to indicate bandwidth limitations
• do not allow window resizing
• do not change mixer settings at startup

Linphone is rumored to have better sound quality than other SIP alternatives like Kphone.

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