MSN Video Chat??

Ok i tried to set up with the Jabber thing to talk to my relatives who have MSN through video chat but errors kept coming up left and right so i basically gave up.
So my question is can i download Windows Live Chat for a MAC version? or is there SOMETHING i can download so i can talk to them through the video...?? someone please help or give me an alternative way of talking to them through video chat

Video dont work on Jabber with MSN.
The only way on MSN is.
aMSN http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14200/amsn
Mercury http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14970/mercury-messenger
Or both of you use Skype.
Mac version http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/macosx/
Pc http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/windows/
Or web based http://www.mebeam.com/

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