Video chat with non mac users

does isight work with non-mac/ non-iChat users?

I have got it to work with iVisit (free for basic version) and a Windows XP user.
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  • Cannot make a video connection with non-mac users (AIM Triton)

    Whenever me and my girlfriend try to start a video chat, we get error messages on both ends. i know everything is up to date because i can chat fine with other mac users, but whenever i try to chat with someone who is using AIM Triton i cna never make a connection, even though iChat says i should be able to.
    Which side dost the problem lie?
    Answerer gets a cookie, haha, i've literally tried enough to get this fixed

    Hi
    iChat does it's video streaming through Quicktime (I believe), it's why one way to solve a connection problem is to try this:
    System Preferences>Quicktime>Streaming - set streaming speed to 1.5Mbps
    Also make sure Bandwidth limit is set to None in iChat>Preferences>Video.
    Restart iChat after making the changes.
    It's a good idea, if you can, to post an error log (down as far as where the binary images start) & give as much info as you can as to your connection to the internet (make & model of modem/router etc).
    Steve

  • Video Chat with Non-Mac

    I have been trying to video chat with a Dell Inspiron who has AIM and a webcam. Though the video icon doesn't show up next to the user name on iChat (only the telephone shows). I have changed my settings so that the bandwidth limit is 500 and the streaming speed is 1.5 like other directions said, but I still cannot even connect to video chat with this person. I am on wireless internet, but I am not sharing files. Like I have read in other posts, I am also getting the error -8 saying that there is no camera or that I have not accepted the invitation (even when I click accept). Is there any way to fix this problem?
    Thanks.

    Has he done the bit to select his camera ?
    Open AIM
    Press F7 > Use the Second item (Enhanced IM) > and select the camera in the drop down.
    If his modem or router is using UPnP then he will need to allow that in the Vista Firewall
    My understanding is that the Vista firewall is close enough for these instructions to be used http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/page12.html#_Service
    Of course if he does not have UPnP they he will need to open port 1024-5000 + port 5190 for AIM
    8:03 PM Wednesday; May 7, 2008

  • Can't Video Chat with other .mac user

    Been trying to video chat with a buddy. We both have .mac and AIM accounts. We are able to text when logged into AIM. Attempts to video chat can't connect.
    Is this a problem because we are using our AIM accounts?
    I'm tried logging in with my .mac account but it always shows I'm off-line in my buddy list. Can't seem to make it go online.
    Thoughts?
    Ed

    Hi BlackGuns,
    Welcome to the  Discussions
    It should not matter if you use an AIM Screen Name or an @mac one.
    If you have an @mac one the Password should be 16 characters or less.
    When you add a Buddy the top drop down allows you to specify the account name type.
    Neither requires that you add a Suffix as the @mac ones are added by iChat.
    See here http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page6.html
    Most likely it is spelling or Account type error
    7:31 PM Saturday; August 11, 2007

  • Can't audio chat with another Mac user who is using AIM

    Can't audio chat with another Mac user who is using AIM but I can when they are using iChat. Is there a way that I can fix this problem.

    The Mac OS X version of AIM is not capable of audio or video chats. There is no way around this.
    (14088)

  • New computer, new camera -- can't video/audio chat with other mac users

    I just got an ibook G4 a few months ago and just got an external iSight. My friend has an older iMac (the round, colored kind) and an iBot webcam. We had been able to do one-way video chats with my previous computer as well as audio chats. I can't get either to work now. The camera is on and I can see myself. I click on her camera icon and it says connecting, but then fails. Same thing when I try t do audio chats with her. Any ideas?

    Hi
    Have you set the Quicktime settings, goto sys prefs/quicktime/streaming/streaming speed set what you get from your ISP go no higher then 1.5mbps(dont use automatic)
    In ichats prefs click on video and change bandwidth limit to NONE.
    Restart iChat.
    Tony

  • One Way Video Chat with an AIM user

    Hey......im wondering if there is a way to one way video chat with AIM users........(using aol instant messenger)ive tried a few times, but it says "data not recieved for 10 seconds" and the one way video chat stops....im wondering if this can be fixed?

    Hi Bruce,
    This is possible.
    It seems though, that for some that they come across the problem you describe.
    I do not have any definite answers but I don't get the problem but I have run the "Tuning" on the PC end even though it does not have a camera or Mic.
    I am not sure if this is the Fix or just coincidence.
    The problem was more common at iChat 3.0 and 3.0.1 and is related to the amount of data that iChat percives it is getting. Strangely t was by sending files we found out what the problem was/is.
    When files are sent the Video is paused whilst this happens. In the conenction Doctor you can see a Mac to MAc chat drop to a Bitrate of 24kbps. In A Mac to PC the bitrate does not stop at 24kbps and continues down to 0 (Zero). When this is 10 sec old then the chat is eneded with the error message.
    If you have not already try updating to 10.4.3 as this was supposed to adress the problem.
    Ralph

  • How to start video chat with another mac

    i tried to start a video chat with my daughter living in another province. what do we have to do to start the video chat?

    Each of you needs and Apple ID and password so you can sign in to Face Time. Then one of you "calls" the other using the Apple ID or e-mail address of the person whom you are calling. The party being called will hear their Face Time start ringing with a new window that has an Accept and Reject button at the bottom of the window. Click on Accept to start up the call. It may take a few second for the two to sync up with each other.
    FaceTime for Mac- About HD video calling

  • Can't video chat with a pc user

    I just bought a macbook and I can't video chat with my parents who use a pc but have a webcam. Help pleae!!

    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/

  • How can I video chat with a Windows user?

    I just bought an iSight and have created an AIM account. I am trying to video chat with family who have Windows, a Logitech camera and also use AIM or MSN Messenger. We are unable to successfully chat. I can only see myself on the video. Can you please tell me if it is even possible to chat across platforms or are we out of luck?
    Thanks
    Laura

    my mother is on a PC and i gave up trying to connect with her via iChat and AOHell. my solution was:
    http://www.yakforfree.com/
    thats the only way i can talk to my fam back home. it is easy, works without a hitch. occassionally the audio can be a little choppy, but if you need to you can also connect via skype for the sound:
    http://skype.com/
    (which doesnt have video for mac yet)
    AIM used to work fine before they released triton. i expressed some frustration in this thread:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=303012&tstart=0
    and i encourage everyone to contact apple feedback:
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html
    and tell them to make their own cross platform version of iChat.
    good luck everyone.

  • How can I share an album with non mac users

    I wanted to share an album from iPhoto with a class and many are non-MAC users.  With no mobile me gallery, how can I do this?

    Upload it to any photosharing site: Flickr, Smugmug, Picasa etc etc

  • Video chat between iChat Mac user and AIM pc user?

    Me and my friend are attempting to video chat with each other via iChat for him and AIM for me. He is using iChat version 4.0.2 and I am using AIM version 6.8.10.1. When we send an video chat invitation it says that it timed out, could not connect. It sometimes kicks him off iChat, according to him. Can anyone help us solve this issue? Ty!

    AIM said this about AIM 6.5 http://www.aim.com/helpfaq/starting_out/getstarted.adp#608
    There is no information that they have posted that says AIM 6.8 is any better.
    Some say it will work (AIM in General that is)
    This is certainly needed http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/page12.html#_Service to allow the app through the Windows Firewall.
    In the AIM Preferences you will also have to select the camera in the Enhanced IM tab
    The Mic should be selected in the control Panels as a System wide thing.
    AIM since before AIM 5.9 has used port 1024-5000 as well as the Login on port 5190 and there is no reason to suspect it is any different now.
    These ports will need to be allowed or open in your routing device.
    9:18 PM Monday; July 21, 2008

  • I cant video chat with other ichat users. ! :O

    I have a mac mini with snow leopard and my ichat was working since i started using it. Under my green video camera icon there were like 3 or 4 panels or however many there are regularly. Now the only panel is the video camera and i cant vchat with other ichat users. but when i disable the camera all the panels appear. this happened after i had my macbook ichat and mac mini ichat on at the same time.
    HELP PLEASEEE!

    Hi,
    Welcome to the    Discussions
    Scenario 1
    Next to your Own Buddy icon at the top of the Buddy list your own Video icon should be "Stacked" if you can do Multi-way Video Chats.
    As Audio chat take less bandwidth it is implied you can do Multi-way Audio Chats.
    If your Icon becomes a single "Flat" one then so will your Buddies as you will only be able to Video Chat to them one at a time.
    If you can Multi-way Chat but a Buddy can not (most likely a AIM on PC Buddy) then they will show a "Flat" iCon.
    Resized "Flat" pic
    Resized "Stacked" pic
    Scenario 2
    However these icons appear in a group at the bottom of the Buddy List, and are dark like this when a Buddy is highlighted.
    From what you posted I am not entirely clear which part you are talking about.
    I would rather be clear before we proceed.
    Can you start though with a plain Shut down and reboot of the computer and then start up iChat ?
    This will get iChat to recheck the Bandwidth (portion of your Internet Connection) it can "See" and it may do better now the other computer is not doing a Video chat.
    8:17 PM Wednesday; July 28, 2010
    Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

  • Starting chat with another .mac user

    Set up IChat with my sister in India. We both have .mac accounts - when I try to start a chat with her, it brings up a box with a service drop down menu. It only offers AIM, not .mac. Am I doing something wrong?

    The screen name you get when signing up for a .Mac account uses the AIM service for text, audio, and video chats.
    (19912)

  • Video chat with Google Talk users in Empathy

    So I've been able to do this in Ubuntu, but have been unsuccessful everywhere else.  Ubuntu has their multiverse packages for all the nonfree codecs, but... I tried to get it working in Debian with no success.  Thought Arch might have the right codecs, installed all the gstreamer plugins available through pacman, but nope.  So... anyone got video chat to work with a user of the Google Talk browser plugin?  What packages would I need to do this in Arch?

    Same problem.  I have empathy and telepathy-gabble installed and when I attempted a video call empathy crashed and brought Gnome down with it.  Does anyone have a functioning empathy?
    I went to https://live.gnome.org/Empathy/FAQ#Audi … ideo_calls and then checked my codecs.  I think my codecs are good.  Any other ideas?  Does anyone read into this link differently?

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