I have been trying like hell to get a voice chat set up between my machine (Mac G4) and a friends' (Windows). I can't seem to use a regular double-jack headset (I think my mic jack has something stuck in it) so I got a usb headset. It appears to work fine, I can record my voice and hear through it and all that. Does the species of headset make a difference in whether you can chat with it or is it still a matter of finding compatable chatware between the two systems?
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Voice chat with a USB headset?
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You've most likely only got a line-in on your mac, but to use a regular (non-powered) headset you need a microphone-jack. http://accessories.skype.com/help?page=help#question_14
...so you have to make sure that the headset is chosen in the program's preferences, both for sound in and out.
That's right.
Though for some odd reason OS X "learned" to switch over to my headset when I plug it in.
It didn't for me
, so I got Detour, which makes it a bit less of a hassle. Apparently it's not universal, though.
Can I use the same headset with boom mic, that I use with my Windows computer, on the new Macs. On my Blue & White G3 tower, the mic does not work, because it requires a pre-amplified signal. Older Macs did not. How about the newest Macs?
I ordered the Logitech 350 USB headset on your recommendation. Does it work out of the box or must you install software?
It works out of the box. There is no software for it.
It's a little tight on my head though. It took a few months to break in.
It's a generic USB audio device. OS X, Windows, and Linux will have no problems with it.
It worked fine for me on both WinXP and Mac OS X. The brains of the device are partway through the cable, so it handles a lot of the audio processing.