Do I have to have Skype open to receive a video call?

I am new to Skype. I have it installed on my XP desktop computer. Is it possible to get a video call without having Skype open? Do I have to arrange ahead of time for a video call?

Is the sim card valid? If the phone is locked to a particular carrier, then you do need to insert the correct sim card into the phone.
Take the sim card out and re-insert it and if it does not work, perhaps it is a faulty sim card and you'll need to get a new one.
Also check that you are using the correct sim card for the phone. If the phone is locked then any sim card will not work.

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I have a Mac os x 10.58. Please could someone illustrate exactly what settings I should have on my computer to make video calls with Skype?

I have a mac OS X 10.58 Please could someone illustrate exactly what settings I should have on my computer to make video calls with Skype? Thanks.

Then all you need is an external compatible webcam with your Mac Mini. Skype is currently compatible with your Mac and operating system
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/

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Dear Nokia,
I have brought Nokia N8 , few days goes and I seen Skype does not with Video Call this mobile phone?
I know N8 has All the Feature and Latest applications.

Ummm its because SKYPE doesn't want to let you do that! at least for now! it has nothing to do with N8!!!
If you want to use video calling well use Fring.
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Skype Refusing to Make a Video Call

I have $9.80 credit, but Skype tells me I "need to get Skype Credit" to call a number I've called many times in the past. What's the deal with that?

You cannot make 3G video calls via your wireless carrier on iPhone.
You can only make Internet Video Calls.
For some reason Apple Doesn't has that feature.

Re: Skype Premium after Free Group Video Calls

I agree. I did not see any SKYPE email notice that the premium was being discontinued. I now Skype primarily from my iPad and over the past year I couldn't use the premium service. So this has been a waste. There is no way to contact SKYPE, so I will have to contact my credit card company and dispute the charge.

Hello,
Your Unlimited UK Subscription has been changed to Unlimited World at no additional cost to you which means that, instead of just being able to call UK you can now call to 60+ countries worldwide. Skype Premium is still there for Group Video Calls (GVC).
Everyone has had their individual country/regional Subscriptions changed to Unlimited World at no additional cost. Skype recognized that more and more people wished to call to more and more countries and this change enables them to do so without additional Subscription cost. It's a significant benefit. If you don't wish to use the Subscription you can cancel it at any time.
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I recommend that you always run the latest Skype version: Windows & Mac
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Skype Premium after Free Group Video Calls

The short version of it: Either
Good Decision, now refund your loyal paying customers; or
Poor Decision, it should remain a pay-only product.
Which one is it going to be?
The long version of it:
Okay, Skype, I think there will be a flood of people coming in here and also people flooding the e-mails and live chats of the support team. So since it looks like nobody is going to put it up for talks, I guess I'm going to do it - what's going to happen to us who paid for a month... a few months... or even, like myself, a year of Skype Premium? Are we getting pro-rated refunds?
I know there will be someone from the Skype team that will redirect everyone to the "Refunds are eligible for those who haven't used the service yet" support article, but what about those who already paid and are now publicly notified that the core feature of Skype Premium, Group Video Calling, is now free? I've shelled out on almost $500 of Skype Premium gifts to my friends (over $100 of it to myself), each for a year of Skype Premium. What does that mean for us? What does that mean for you if you did something similar... or just had a year of service for one?
Be advised, folks, I see nothing that says that when Skype Premium is discontinued, no refunds will be offered. This means the Skype team can do as they will. If they do the wrong thing, however, then maybe their competitor (and I'm talking about the big, blue G) might have more worth in the end.
Don't disappoint your customers, Skype.
Are you affected by this change? How muc hdid you pay for Skype Premium and what's your length of subscription? Is it still going to be active the next month and probably the month after? Let's all let the Skype team know what's going on and how we feel about it.
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Summary: Skype eventually refunded my money into my bank account, after an ordeal though!
Initially, Skype had given me pro-rated Skype credit on 9-May from 1-May to the year on. But I don't use Skype credit at all, so there wasn't much I could have done with it. The only reason I had premium was to make group video calls.
I contacted Skype and the Customer Service Executive (CSE) told me that since it has been more than 14 days from the transaction date, a refund could not be made. I had to explain that that credit was useless to me, I had not received a notification of such a transfer and if I should onsider my £20 donated to Skype. I was told that, "... because you are a loyal customer, we'll refund the money into your bank account and it will reach you within 3 - 5 business days"
I left a really nice feedback for that CSE, since I was satisfied. But, then I received an email saying that as the amount of $20 (note the currency mixup), had already been added to my Skype credit, there was no monetory refund needed. My head blew up!! This was not only deceiving but also a company backing out on its word.
Following that, I contacted Skype again. Re-iterated the entire scenario and mentioned how the first CSE had lied to me. After almost 30 mins of debating, I got the same "loyal customer" dialog and a confirmation of refund (again). But this time I was skeptic and the feedback wasn't equally good.
After 3 days I got the money in my account.

X6 skype problem - couldn't do video call

hi,
downloaded skype on my x6, but there is no option to start a video call. what can i do?
thanks a lot

terx6 wrote:
hi,
downloaded skype on my x6, but there is no option to start a video call. what can i do?
thanks a lot
Hi
sorry no vedio calls on X6, only u can make a Skype call as a normal call.
cheers
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Skype Crashes when receiving and joining calls

Whenever i receive a call or i join a group my skype crashes but it doesnt happen when i make a call
Please help me

Please, run the DirectX diagnostics tool.
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I have skype credit but can't make any call (credi...

I have skype credit recently but can't call to any mobile or landphones in my home country India. What ever number I am dialing is ringing but no answer, that means the ringing tone I am hearing is not the actual ringing. I have checked with the person to whom I called through skype, they are saying that they are not getting any call. I have still my skype credit. Kindly help.

I have skype credit but can't make any call

Can't have more than one application watch videos at the same time

The title isn't entirely accurate. I will write all my observations here.
I believe I started to notice these problems since the (recent) X11 update which seems to have happened in July. The subsequent Mesa updates may be related. These updates also caused X11 to crash sometimes, this issue got resolved after a patch update though, it seems.
Before I share my issues I have a Dell Vostro 1500 with the Intel Core 2 Duo processor (which includes the integrated GPU), using the Linux BFS 3.16.6-2-x86_64 kernel (plan to upgrade tomorrow morning while the internet is quick) and the packages listed in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_Graphics.
The most reproducible version of this problem I've had has to do with Chromium, VLC/MPlayer/MPV and to an extent Firefox.
To reproduce all I have to do is have Chromium open and watch some video on YouTube (HTML5 as I do not have version with Flash included). Then I open a video in VLC/MPlayer/MPV and one of two things can happen:
It can work on VLC, but then if I go back to the HTML5 video when I press play it tells me it has crashed and I should reload the tab.
VLC simply does not work and it plays the audio but no video, sometimes not even the audio.
This is VLC's output in a case where nor the audio or video work (and the HTML5 crashed as well):
https://imgur.com/J897mMG,17xu7ip (album of 2 scrots)
I had to close VLC for the HTML5 to work, and if you're curious, yes I am listening to Weird Al as I write this. Most of the time I have to reset X11 (or even reboot) to be able to watch videos or listen to audio with VLC again. I have noticed that sometimes if I haven't watched a video for a long time VLC works again (or at least the audio does, sometimes the video).
OK so that's with video apps. This may be unrelated but I think it's worth mentioning here. With Firefox I run into an issue where Flash gets super glitchy, it gets stuck in one glitchy frame or it flashes between two glitchy frames, sometimes it shows the video in the background with the glitchy frames on top still flashing (so I get glimpses of the video), and other glitches.
Some of the ways I fix it are to reload the tab, open a new Firefox window and open the video there, reset Firefox, close Chromium's video tabs, amongst others. None of these work 100% of the time. Sometimes none of them work.
That is all that I can think of. I've been doing a couple of weeks of tests and normal usage in order to acquire this report so it'd be cool if there's a solution.
Thanks! If there are any questions or further information you need, feel free to ask.
Last edited by Greduan (2014-11-14 00:17:51)

@kalos
Uninstalled everything PA, also uninstalled mangler which was the only thing that depended on PA. It didn't work anyway.
No pulseaudio --kill command so I couldn't run.
Checked systemd journal and there is no mention of PA this time.
Checked top, and grepped ps aux and there is no PA there either.
I also rebooted the machine completely just to make sure. However VLC and HTML5 have the same incompatibilities.
_ vlc Videos/anime/fmab/01.mp4
VLC media player 2.1.5 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-49-gdab6cb5)
[0x1bc30f8] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused
[0x1af4118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
[0x7fb604001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
But the video and audio did work until I ran some HTML5 video, after which the audio worked, and then I opened it again and it didn't work...
@nomorewindows
I see. That's too bad. At least we're not alone.
Last edited by Greduan (2014-11-14 01:34:29)

Enable Video Call for Skype

I have just tried to do a video call to a Skype account, but the video doesn't show. I can't see my contact and they can't see me.
All i get is a square with an avatar in it. How do I enable video calls for Skype so that we can both see each other?
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here you go.
be sure you are set up first:
open your contact that you want to call. be sure that it has a skype address already saved. it will look like this:
it will start to initiate the call. once picked up, then it will look like this. tap on the menu on top:
a drop down menu will show. inititiate the video ability:
then it will show horizontally split with the options on the right and thier picture or camera image on the left. tap on camera...after a few seconds, you will kick in. this will work n900-any pc, and n900-n900.....over wifi, and over the tmobile network.
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Skype Video calling - red light but no video

I did a search but couldn't find anything on the boards. If I initiate or receive a video call, the red light comes on and a black box where the picture should be, but nothing shows up. The audio works fine, but not the video. Is there a setting i need to activate or something?

take a look at the top 12 thread i made. one of them is detailed on how to do skype.
@richwhite
check the network you are on and be sure it is 3/3.5G as the video sometimes takes a while...even if on 3G. depends on the data connection. even though you may be connected 3/3.5g...not all areas of the network have the same data speeds.
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I installed the latest version of Skype to test out video calling between our iPhone 4's and 3GS 8GB, but there is no link for "video" on the contact page - only "call" and "SMS." The other phones also have skype installed. A regular phone call does go through, but no link to video calls.
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You can only make skype calls from within your skype app. You don't have any link to skype video calls from within your contacts page. You have to go into your skype app select one of your skype contacts that are online at that time and tap the video call button.
You can't make skype calls to any of your contacts from your phones contacts list; you have to go through skype
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I just purchased a Panasonic LED with the Skype Webcam plus bought a Skype Premium account for group video calling but cannot figure out how to set up a group video call. Can someone assist? Normal 1 to 1 works fine.
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mark

Hi
We are exploring all the technical options for making Group Video Calling available on TVs. Most of these options, to be honest, will need an updated TV with a faster processor and more memory. However, there are some alternative options we are also exploring which could potentially support Group Calling on the current generation of TVs.

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