Hi there, I am currently tuning Skype for best possible video quality.
Test description:
PC1: C2D@3.8Ghz, no web cam
PC2: C2D@4Ghz, Logitech QuickCam 9000

PCs connected via 1Gbit LAN (no firewalls, 50Mb/sec transfer during tests).
Shared connection to Internet is 1/0.5 Mbit.

I am doing Video call between these PCs.

In technical info I am getting Relays=0. Video problems - VGA15, BW_LOW(???). It was using 50kbit/sec Maximum for a Video with framerate 15.

After setting FPS=30 in config.xml I've got 29FPS (not 30 :-S), and still 50 kbit/sec. Needless to say that 640x480 video at 50kbit looks far from great.

I suppose Skype measures speed to some Skype server in the US (which is kinda far away from here), and it is not based on actual link quality between clients.

As a developer I understand, that it might be not that easy to measure actual link quality, but could you please give us at least combobox to force video quality? (size, FPS, bitrate)

Any ideas?

Skype is measuring the actual bandwidth on the link between the devices.

You should not have to hack the xml file. I suggest you unhack it.

Go to Logitech site and get the latest driver 12.0.1278.0

Logitech will try and get you to download and install VID, but in the end you will be allowed to install just the driver.

When you are done do a test call to my test machine. See my signature.

Regards,

Bill

I am already on 12.0.1278.0
If it measures real connection speed, I do not see why it says BW_LOW on a perfect Gigabit link.

Connection to the outer world might be a little worse indeed, cause 0.5Mbit is not that great as 1Gbit. Anyway, It was not using even 0.5Mbit.

speedtest.net shows that I really have 1.0/0.5Mbit to European servers.


I am not sure I would be able to pay you Bill, because I live in Belarus, and it is not that easy as in US :-)

The test site is free.