Google Talk and Video

Bruno Stuani wrote the worlds first plugin for Google Talk giving users the ability to embed videos from YouTube directly into a conversation window.

Now he has done one better, and has been kind enough to implement the MeBeam specification into a new plugin so that users can now make one to one and multi-party video calls directly from Google Talk.

This is great news for everyone, because Google Talk which uses the Jabber protocol, can make and receive, audio/video calls to and from anyone, using a Jabber compatible instant messenger.

Imagine this: From your Google Talk chat window you can make a video call to your friend on AdiumX who is on a Mac, and then invite a third friend into the conference who is on Meebo on Linux, and then that person can further invite another person, who is on ICQ on Windows, etc.

Instantly you have created a protocol agnostic video conference with several people on different instant messengers; and amazingly, only the initiator; in this case the person using gTalk, needs to have the plugin installed.

In the spirit of Web2.0 - pure cross-compatibility !

Click here to download the plugin v0.4

Comments

[David Waters]

Thank you very much - works very nicely !

[Raffy Bahlaw]

best thing i have seen all year if you catch my drift :)

first time i have heard of you guys , you must be under the radar by intention - how else could something so cool be kept so hush-hush.

[Liza T]

thanks a bunch i am over seas
at the moment and i can talk
to with guy just like being
back home. i love it !

Lt

[Josef Urabia]

for some reason, all of a sudden,

the invite to mebeam link becomes nonoperational after some time - and

if i restart google talk - it works fine again..

[Ashod Apakian]

If you re-download and re-run the installer from:

http://www.mebeam.com/uploads/Main/googleTalkMeBeamPlugin.exe

The problem is now fixed

[John]

If only there were a Mac version...

[Larry Ferlazzo]

This would be great for school use IF the random room link was not available.

[Robin]

Does this plug in work for a MAC?

[Mike]

I get the following error when I try to install.

gtalk_installer.c
#102
RET_FAILED

Running Vista

[B]

I get the same error in gtalk_installer.c

[anonymous]

how to uninstall this plugin from your pc??? help plzz

[gaurav deshta]

install this file as Administrator .....hope u will not receive any such error again..

[Jack O'Neil]

Doesn't seem to work on 64bit Vista

[Klaus]

Mmh, i can't see a difference in my Google Talk to before I installed the plugin. Where do I have to click? (Using XP pro 64bit).

[Robert]

Is the download gone? When I click on the link I get a blank page...

[Karen Carver]

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[ahmed]

wow dat is very cool

[trwunna]

hello

i installed in my window XP, installation completed, when i open and check the gtalk, there is no function like that,, pls help me why

thanks

[lis-6-6-6]

ok

[Michel Yeager]

THIS ISN'T WORKING ON A VISTA ULTIMATE 64 BIT SYSTEM! PLEASE HELP! I loved the plugin before I upgraded and now it doesn't work on 64 BIT! Thanks for working on it....

[gianio]

why don't work in windows 2000 ???

thanks

[me-bim]

the plugin is really no needed, just go the www.mebeam.com website create a room with a 16 digit unique name, then copypaste this address to your chat pal(s).

[Stop Smoking]

excellent. thanks for the heads up.