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iChat AV v2.1

Originally posted by anodized
Apple is really opening opening up these days... AIM, Pepsi, AOL, "McDonald's," "Pixar," HP...

What Next, Pfizer? :rolleyes:

:p
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Pfizer and apple will take you from dlink to isight quicker then your g5 can say "no more gigaflop"

sorry i coulndt resist.

Well anyway I am looking forward to trying this with some of my pc friends.
 
It's really good that they have this, but I still really want iChat to work with MSN because I don't know one person that uses AOL.
 
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
argh. this is not cool. it only works with XP. my
friend and i have wanted his for a while, and now she has to have XP. she has cable and a web-cam, but my friend who has XP is on dial-up and doesn't have a web cam.

argh. they could have at least made the audio chat only available. it would've been awesome
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Surprised nobody has mentioned this software... Sightspeed. http://sightspeed.com/

It works between Mac and PC. Free unlimited test for 15 days trial period. Then it's 4.95 a month or $50 a year. But wait... if you want to use it after the trial period, it allows the user 15 minutes video conferencing a day for free. Worth it anyway you look at it.
 
Originally posted by Stella
brought an iSight because of this.

Seems it can't do one way video chat, both way audio chat with IM 5.5

If this release only gives the ability of Both Way video, without any audio, then its pretty lame.
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I have one way video chat working (slow, but working). I was using my Sony DV cam on my PC with AIM 5.5 and iChat 2.1 on my iBook.
 
Originally posted by Stike
I just found out... the download button does not appear in Safari 1.2. Bad bad bad publicity for Apple, I think :(
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it showed up in my Safari 1.2

either it was a bug that's cleared up or.....?
i dont know, but i got it and it's swell
 
Originally posted by neoelectronaut
Wow, that's pretty neat, I guess I'll download it when I get home...now...only if...

1) My crappy Logitech USB Quickcam express was compatible with iChat....(or my entire Mac for that matter)

or

2) I had the cash and a justifiyable reason to drop $100 on an iSight.

OR

3) Two-way audio worked with PC so I could finally talk to my girlfriend.
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you will suffer the quality of your USB cam, but there are hacks to activate USB webcams for iChatAV. i've used them and ... well it worked, just looked much crappier than an iSight or a DV cam hooked right into a Mac.

there probably are cheaper firewire cameras that work, but the iSight is totally a good value for the quality..... if you care/need it. Typical Apple style, the gear is more expensive but it's also a lot better than the cheaper stuff.
 
I think I might try to scrap together some cash and go out and buy an iSight. I probably won't use it much now, but it'll be a good future investment, too.
 
Seems the quality on my PC with my Sony DV cam is better through USB than Firewire. My image doesn't show up on my end when I have it connected via Firewire, but it shows up when I connect through USB. On the other end the video comes out better when it's connected via USB as well.

Only problem I have having is that in iChat, I don't show up with a video icon when I am on my PC with AIM 5.5.

Anyone else have problems with this?
 
I haven't downloaded this yet, but if it's a beta, there's probably a way to contact Apple with bug reports, suggestions, etc. If you're got a wishlist for iChat, now's the time to send it. :)
 
OMFG... my iSight comes in the mail TODAY. I am soooooo happy... I had no clue that the new iChat would be out this soon... :D :D :D
 
i cant believe no one is bothered by the excessive data limit errors. windows aim sucks because of this.

"The AIM service could not send the message: You have sent too much data too quickly. Please wait a little while before sending more."

I'm getting this contantly. especially while talking multiple people.

this is really making me angry. i NEVER got this with 2.0
 
TwoMore Big iSight Problems!

I still have two more big problems that render iSight relatively useless for me...

1. Yahoo Messenger (I use Yahoo for everything... so do most of my business contacts).

Memo to Apple ISV recruitment team: Please call Yahoo! Treat them like an Independent Software Vendor you're trying to entice to port to your platform - they are more than just a Web site.


2. Garage Band - anyone notice that you get a "This microphone not 44.1" error when you try to use iSight with Garage Band... Come on! I can use the built-in mic on my 12" P-Book with garage Band, but I can't use iSight with my G5? Whatever happened to user-friendliness?

Memo to GarageBand product team: Please arrange meeting with iSight team
Memo to iSight team: Please arrange meeting with garageBand team - after your meeting with the ISV recruitment team re. Yahoo. Drag along the iChat team...
 
over at the apple support forums other people have noticed this same issue. its combining all your messages to everyone. and so if you're talking to multiple people, it will count your messages sent as to one source and you'll get that error.

totally unacceptable. i'll be reverting...NOW!
 
Anyone has an iSight that they use on their eMac? I'm interested to see how solidly it attached to the top of the computer and whatnot.
 
Re: Re: Booo!

Originally posted by Sonofhaig
Explain this. I'm not familiar with this. What is the invisible mode? Thanks.
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Invisible mode means you can be signed on and look like you're offline but you aren't. You can initiate and receive IMs. This is important to me because sometimes I am online working and just want to msg one person but nor be seen.

On another note... i have already reverted. I don't think this beta is cooked enough yet. I had ALOT of problems with just sending IMs and getting a "you've sent to many messages too fast, please wait a short while and try again".

I also could not chat with 5 different Windows friends and 3 iChat friends that I could chat with yesterday.

:(

macboyX
 
Originally posted by candan9019
I wonder if it tells you now if someone is on a cell phone. I am getting tired of using AIM to find out who is on a phone.
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This is easy in iChat (non-beta also) hover your cursor over the user name in your buddy list and it will say *AIM: screename or *Mobile :D
 
i cant believe they'd release this beta like this. its almost not functional. its not like we were even waiting for this, no one had any idea when it was coming. for craps sakes, just wait a few weeks and fix the enormous bugs.
 
Re: TwoMore Big iSight Problems!

Originally posted by boros
I still have two more big problems that render iSight relatively useless for me...

1. Yahoo Messenger (I use Yahoo for everything... so do most of my business contacts).

Memo to Apple ISV recruitment team: Please call Yahoo! Treat them like an Independent Software Vendor you're trying to entice to port to your platform - they are more than just a Web site.
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I use my iSight with Yahoo Messenger every single day. Works as well as my iBot did.

What issues do you have?

macboyX
 
Just tested with a Windows user on AIM 5.5

We are no not able to voice chat, greyed out at my end, and says I do not support it on the Windows end.

:(
 
Originally posted by mrzippy
Just tested with a Windows user on AIM 5.5

We are no not able to voice chat, greyed out at my end, and says I do not support it on the Windows end.

:(
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Try and add me to your buddy list and see if my video icon shows up. I can video chat fine with iChat, but I don't have a video icon next to my name. I'm on AIM 5.5.
 
Does not work with AIM 5.5 :(

iChat (me) - shows text only chat for my friend on AIM

AIM 5.5 (friend) - shows me as supporting video chat.

If my friend calls me as audio AIM says I do not support/accept the call, if he calls me as video I can accept the call in iChat, it then says connecting, the beach balls spins for a second then it says my friend failed to respond.

I only have a USB audio mic, my friend does have a cam too.
 
Originally posted by mrzippy
Does not work with AIM 5.5 :(

All I have is text chat shown for my Friend in iChat

He shows live video in AIM for me, if he audio calls me AIM says I do not support/accept the call, if he calls video I can accept and it says connecting, the beach balls spins for a second then it says my friend failed to respond.

I only have a USB audio mic, my friend does have a cam too.
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Maybe his camera is not configured correctly? I can video chat with iChat users ok.
 
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