Built-in iSight question

[jamescwarren]

I have got a 2 GHz 1 GB RAM 120 GB HD and was wondering a few things about the new built-in iSight. Can I use it with Mercury Messenger, aMSN and iStopMotion? Also, has anyone made a hack or script or anything like that or know of one so I can use the built-in iSight with MSN Messenger in Parallels. That's all I would use Windows for. And also, does the built in mic pick up in Parallels? Thanks.

 

[jive]

It works with Mercury Messenger and aMSN.

 

[jamescwarren]

Any way to use it on Windows?

 

[sunfast]

Do you reckon it will work with Adium when the much awaited A/V version comes out?

 

[ITASOR]

Do you reckon it will work with Adium when the much awaited A/V version comes out?

I don't see why not...if it doesn't that's pretty dumb!

 

[robbieduncan]

Any way to use it on Windows?

No. Apple have not written Windows drivers and the specs are closed and tightly controlled so you are not likely to see open-source drivers any time soon.

 

[sunfast]

I don't see why not...if it doesn't that's pretty dumb!

Fingers crossed then! But as to when such a version of Adium may appear... 🙄

 

[medea]

it also works with istopmotion now

 

[Warbrain]

Now I wonder if the next version of Adium when it finally supports video, would it work with the external iSight? I've been tempted to buy one...

 

[mkrishnan]

Fingers crossed then! But as to when such a version of Adium may appear... 🙄

Yeah, don't hold your breath on this.... 🙁 Someone claimed that Google's Summer of Code program would be supporting GAIM webcam this year, but if you look at all the past projects like gaim-vv, they seem to be in disarray. And when I google for discussions of GAIM webcam development, I see little dated past October/November of last year....

It's in Google's personal interest to at least help GAIM develop voice/video for GTalk, so that GTalk users on non-Windows platforms can use this feature. But yeah. I think this is a ways off.

Maybe push for Trillian to get ported to OS X instead? 😱 (Of course, considering a discussion thread on this topic has been running on Trillian's forum for four years with little in the way of interest suggests that this is yet again a reason to hold one's breath... 😱 )

Ahhh, yep, guess we're back to hoping someone can make the iSight work in Parallels or BootCamp?

 

[backupdrummer]

Don't forget Skype for mac. They have stated that the video version of thier clinet will be available by the end of June I think. They just pulled out the universal binary version of the non video client and god willing will have the video version out soon.

http://share.skype.com/sites/mac/