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The Official iSight Video Chat Thread

I'll get in on this, too...I've had an iSight for a while now with noone to use it with me. :( My AIM is jpucciatmit and I'm usually on most of the time. Looking foward to it...:D
 
Hey guys,

'magixuk' on AIM to get in contact with me.. got an iSight and a university connection so ultra fast ;) willing to host a 3some.. (should I wear protection) :rolleyes:
 
calebjohnston said:
Get your camera to work with anyone else, sixstorm?
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I got it to work with some people but not with some others. It's weird. You have to have certain settings, especially with firewalls and routers blocking the way. I haven't been able to really get online much lately so . . . hope it is working out for you others out there?
 
i had a session with fradac and soulmirroraim just now and it wasn't as clear as i would have hoped it to be. anyways, i was using my MBP 2.0GHz stock to host both fradac and soulmirroraim but there was an error message saying that my computer was not able to support 2 way video chats. weird. some bug in ichat av maybe?
 
I don't think it has as much to do with your computer since you have a mbp. Probably your bandwidth to host. Also make sure your preferences are set at unlimited bandwith. There is a post on the first page that has to do with how much bandwidth you will need. You can go to www.dslreports.com to see what speed you are getting at the moment.
 
hey. .
my aim is "darkeningemo1" blah hahaha i dont usually talk though . . .which is sad. but oh wells :)
 
4 person video chats don't require a powerful computer as much as it NEEDS to have a blazing fast connection.

All the times I've videochatted ended up with people's faces being real fuzzy (although its great and sharp when its just one person).
 
Nobody else to add onto the list?

Daralac and I finally got ours to work fortunatly . . . everyone is on my list but isn't online!
 
add me to that list

iv seen 1:1 conferencing with a friends G5 iMac, but never the 4ppl conference.

Put me on that list!

ee01ffa2@mac.com

FireArse

Can't host though, only 256kbps upload
 
crdean1 said:
I don't think it has as much to do with your computer since you have a mbp. Probably your bandwidth to host. Also make sure your preferences are set at unlimited bandwith. There is a post on the first page that has to do with how much bandwidth you will need. You can go to www.dslreports.com to see what speed you are getting at the moment.
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Another tip, which I read on xlr8yourmac.com: In System Preferences > Quicktime > Streaming, set a limit (don't leave it at Automatic; choose a speed.). That's supposed to resolve iChat AV video chat problems. Within iChat AV itself, it's ok to leave your bandwidth to "unlimited" if you like.
 
Sign Language, anyone?

Anyone know sign language? Let's try that for those who do not want to talk. LOL
 
yeah there seems to be problems video chatting between ichat and aim for windows. it works on-and-off for me.
 
You guys can message me, if you would like.

AIM= CoreyAtMiamiU

I have an iMac G5 iSight and a MacBook Pro.

I'm always online, just leave me a message saying that you are from macrumors.com or I might just close the window if I don't recognize the screen name ;)
 
twoodcc said:
i'm having trouble doing a one-way video chat with a windows user that is using AIM. any ideas? i have a 17" intel imac
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I don't know how AIM works on Windows... sometimes, there can be router / firewall issues, I think? If you are on a Mac, using iChatAV, the OS X firewall, and an Apple router (e.g. AEBS), you do *not* have to do anything special on your end to get video chatting. But as you change those variables, I'm not so sure this stays true. I got Mercury to do MSN webcam also without making firewall changes. But it can be an issue... there seem to be some uncontrolled factors...when several of us tried iChatting together, a week or two ago, it was weird that, depending on who started the chat, sometimes we could invite other people and sometimes not. Like someone I was able to add into an AV chat couldn't add *me* into one. Which seems to not make much sense....
 
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