Skype 2.7 beta for Mac released: Now with Leopard support

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Skype 2.7 beta for Mac released: Now with Leopard support

by Brad Linder Dec 3rd 2007

Skype has released a new build of Skype 2.7 beta for Mac. Probably the most important feature in the latest release is support for OS X 10.5 Leopard. But it looks like the Skype team is also continuing its march toward feature parity across the Mac, Linux, and PC versions of the popular internet telephony software.

A few months ago Skype launched high-res video support for video chat using the Windows client. When we say high-res, we don't mean HDTV resolutions, we're just talking plain old 640 x 480 pixel VGA resolution. But that's still a much sharper image than you'll get using the Linux or Mac versions of Skype, which only support 320 x 240 pixels.

Skype 2.7 beta for Mac is the first OS X build to support VGA video at 25 frames per second. If you've got a slower internet connection, you can also adjust your video settings.

We're guessing it'll be a while before we see VGA support for the Linux client, since Skype just got around to adding video to Skype 2.0 beta for Linux last month.

[via Skype Journal]

Tags: Leopard, Skype, Skype-2.7-beta, VGA

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tom Clarke said 3:08AM on 12-04-2007

Surely you mean 'Skype 2.7.0.195 Beta released'? The 2.7 beta has been out for months (released August 15th) and November 29th's release is a minor build update. http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2007/08/skype_27_for_mac_beta_is_out.html

Chase said 8:38AM on 12-08-2007

The articles says: "Skype 2.7 beta for Mac is the first OS X build to support VGA video at 25 frames per second. If you've got a slower internet connection, you can also adjust your video settings." I assume this refers to Skype 2.7.0.195 Beta which I just installed.

Anyone know where the referenced settings are hidden? I'd like to reduce the video window to less than 640 x 480

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