AOL ichat yahoo messenger

I have an imac with the intel chip purchased in Oct. 2006. I can't get AOL to work on either the mac OS or the windows parellels (i have the full version). Also, I can't get the video chat to work on any of the chat systems.
I connect through the airport and then a cable/wirless modem from SBC. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Hello,
As this issue occurs in OS X and Windows it would seem that the Router is the culprit.
For AOL IM you need to have Port 5190 open on the hardware firewall within your Router. I suspect that this is currently set as closed.
regards
mrtotes

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Airport/Internet works fine - AOL/AIM/YAHOO Messenger Don't Connect

Hi All -
I just bought the Imac with the Intel 2 Processor. Everything works fine but the chat function and AOL. I have a Motorola SBG900 wireless cable modem, and Airtport Express. I get the same problem regardless of whether I use the Airport Express. I try to log on and it looks for the connection, then times saying it can't find connection, etc. The regular internet works fine, always has. I tried reloading AOL for MAC and that didn't work.
Any Suggestions?

Hi Chicago67,
The Motorola you have is configurable. It will need the pors open.
The How http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Motorola/SBG900/iChat.htm
The ports at iChat 10 are wrong (the rest are OK)
iChat 10 should read port 5678 in both and a new iChat 11 should be port 16384 to 16403 (They seem to have mistakenly added both lines into one)
From the Pics that are shown I can not tell if this device has UPnP.
IF you are doing this Port Forwarding and continue to Use DHCP the IP you point the ports to may not always be your computer if the DHCP leases get renewed.
Setting up Static routing is best if using Port Forwarding.
This means truning Off DHCP in the Motorola and chnging the seting on the Mac in System Preferences > Network > Airport > TCP/IP tab the Manually.
The info that was shown for Using DHCP is best typed in in the Manually text fields that become Active.
(The IP has to be in the range of the Modem)
Subnet mask should be the samne as it was.
The DNS servers should also be typed in.
The "router" IP is the same as it was which in fact is the Modem's IP
9:40 PM Tuesday; December 5, 2006

One more iChat and Yahoo Messenger question

I have been PC user for years, but I only recently saw the light...
I have a MacBook Pro recently updated with Lion. I have everything updated. So, I am trying to communicate with a friend through iChat using Yahoo Messenger. He has a brand new PC.
I can log into iChat using my Yahoo Messenger account. He can do the same. But, even though we can see each other on our Buddy List, and we can text each other, the option "Invite to video chat" is grayed out for me. If he tries to invite me to video response, but I get no notice.
If I have Yahoo Messenger running at the same time, it takes control, and iChat shows me offline. If I turn Yahoo Messenger off, I still have no option to video chat.
I have been through the pages here, but I do not have the experience I had with PC. So, going through and deleting files in a Mac is a little indemidating for me. Can someone welcome me to the fold and walk me through any tips you can think of that may fix my problem? Remember, little baby steps...
If not, thanks for reading,
Patrick

Hi,
There is no "FIx" as such.
All the major IM services that do Video somewhere along the line use different protocols in the connection process or in the actually Video Feed.
iChat uses a Process called Session Initiation Protocol. (SIP)
It does not matter if you have an AIM Buddy list ((One with an AIM valid ID as Lgin details) or a Jabber one or a Yahoo one or even if you enable th Bonjour one if you have other Macs on your LAN it will use this Protocol.
This Protocol is compatible with the AIM Application on PCs
There is a thrdr Party App called Trillian which in it's Pro Version can also Video with iChat.
The other side of the coin is that it will only Video to other iChat Users that have Google/Jabber or Yahoo Names.
By the same token Google run a Jabber Server
Jabber servers use a process called Jingle to do Video
Google however have altered their version and it is not that compatible with other Jabber apss that can Video chat
This includes Google's Standalone App called Google Talk (PC Only), the Browser Plug-ins it produces for Macs (Intels only) and PC and the Chat Option on their Web Pages
Yahoo uses a straight Web Feed for Video and STUN for the Audio chat along side.
STUN is close to SIP but not close enough to allow Audio Connections..
NOTE
iChat has had the Ability to Text chat to any Jabber Buddy including GoogleTalk ones since iChat 3
iChat 3 was nearly 6 years ago and no Jabber Video ability has bee added to the app in all that time.
Any changes are not going to be "in the next Update"
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ISight works fine in iChat but doesn't show up in Yahoo Messenger nor Skype

Hello, I was given an iSight webcam that works fine in iChat, but doesn't show up in Yahoo Messenger nor Skype, which are the IM programs I use…
I search on the Apple Support site a driver to download, but there is only an updater (iSight Updater 1.0.3) which doesn't run on Tiger... Any help please ?? Thx

You probably don't need it, but the Tiger "iSight Updater" is located in the \System\Library\CoreServices\iSight Updaters\iSight Updater folder.
(You must look manually because SpotLight does not find it.)
Double click the "iSight Updater" there to run the Firmware update manually.
Some options for other readers:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10084429&#10084429
iSight "Product Revision Level" in your Mac's System Profiler shows the installed firmware version for external (Firewire) iSight.
Firmware 1.0.3 Update offers only "Improved audio performance". It does NOT enable audio or any other function, so that is NOT your problem with Skype or YMM. Search or post in their dedicated help/discussions for best and quickest help with those specific, non-Apple apps.
Regardless of whether System Profiler utility shows Firewire iSight's Firmware (Product) level of 1.0.2 or 1.0.3, external iSight ought to work. You can test your external iSight using the suggestions on this linked page:
http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/EZJim/EZJimpage4.html
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Help! iChat for Mac OS X Lion! Yahoo Messenger!

So today i just got Mac OS X Lion on Mac App Store, I just install it, a FRESH install, and i tried to contact my friend with iChat. I heard that iChat now supported Yahoo Messenger! So i log on my account, work perfect with Text chatting, but when i tried to Video Call chatting, it's said: "Yahoo! is not supported video calls."
Plz help me!!!

Hi,
iChat and Audio.
This has always been set by the System > Preferences > Sound > Input as far as the volumes you Buddies hear you. (Rather you turning this up has greater effect than them turning up their master volume)
This for a long time presumed there was only the Internal Mic or Line in on most Macs. (And that you weren't using Line-in despite showing both choices in the iChat Mic Drop down in iChat Preferences > Video Section)
Later this became an issue for Headsets particularly Blue Tooth ones.
These require that you set the System Preferences choice and volume first before then choosing them in iChat.
(If already set change both choices to something else.
Close iChat
Set the System Preferences choice to the Blue Tooth or Headset.
Now open iChat and set the choice there.)
In all cases since iChat 4 it has been possible to set the Volume level for a device (mic) in System Preferences and that it does not change you can use that selection in iChat but change the choice in system Preferences for other input/app combos. (i.e. once the volume is set for the device iChat uses the choice/headline device in System Preferences can be changedready for other apps)
I have never tested the Yahoo Beta in any build or sub version number for Audio Chats before today.
I tested between my G4/1Ghz Dual Processor running Leopard and my MacBook Pro running Snow Leoaprd.
Yahoo is allowed thogh both Mac Firewalls and the Modem/router combined device is doing UPnP.
Despite checking my Mic Settings in System Preferences on the G4 the Audio level seemed somehow to get turned down.
It stayed in the "right" place after I checked again.
Strangely the G4's older Yahoo Version 3.0.0 can Initiate an Audio Chat but the option is greyed out on the current Yahoo Version 3.0.1 that the MacBook Pro is running.
I will do some more digging.
However it would seem in your case that the Mic choice and Volume level would be the palce to start as it effects both apps.
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I clicked on the download button at the yahoo messenger for mac site, and a "ymsgr2.5.3-osxinstall.bin" downloaded onto the desktop... i click on it and it says there's "no default application specified to open the document". The same thing happens with AOL messenger. Im guessing the installing is supposed to happen by itself and it doesn't seem as though there's an install program being run... not really sure how to fix the prob, but id really like to start IM'in. thx for the help!
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I have a G5 PowerMac running OS X 10.4.6 with iChat AV 3.1.4 and an iSight web cam, and my son has a PC (running some version of Windows) with Yahoo Messenger and a web cam. By using Yahoo Messenger, I can see his web cam at a 1 frame per second frame rate. However, I haven't yet figured out how to get him to be able to see what my iSight sees, and he tells me that because I have a Mac, he can't operate Yahoo Messenger in "Super Web Cam" mode (with a much higher frame rate).
From what I've read on the web, including in this discussion forum, it seems like there are solutions to this problem. I had suggested to my son that we try to connect using Jabber and ICQ, but for some reason that didn't seem to work. I think he said that ICQ made his PC hang. Perhaps there was some detail that we overlooked . . .
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G5 Power Mac Mac OS X (10.4.6) iChat AV 3.1.4, iSight web cam, Yahoo Messenger

Hi cccmjpd,
Welcome To The Apple Discussion Pages.
If the PC user is using AIM then the video quality cna be reduced and the frame rate will go up.
I am not sure if there is a such a setting in Yahoo!
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IChat vs. Yahoo Messenger

I have been using Yahoo Messenger to Video chat with a friend on a PC. The picture quality is much better than AIM, and I don't care about the lack of audio.
I gave my friend my old Powerbook Ti/1.0 and got a new HD model so we are trying out iChat AV now. I am past all of the router issues, and we are able to use iChat pretty well for audio and video.
My question is that the video in Yahoo is much clearer (when using Yahoo's Super mode), but the frame rate is pretty low (1-2 fps?). iChat has a much better frame rate, but the resolution is WAY lower.
For me, the video quality of Yahoo outweighs the high frame rate of iChat.
Is there any way to trade off some of the high frame rate in iChat for a higher resolution picture? The difference is VERY dramatic...
I really want to use iChat, but I find myself being drawn to Yahoo for the pristine picture...
Everyone else I read about says Yahoo is terrible, and I wonder if they don't have "super mode" working (which take a router config to pass through port 5100/tcp). Maybe they can't get past the lack of audio, but for me, the pictures is more important.
Anyone have comments or suggestions?

Hi Aross99,
The more an application puts into sending a good picure the slower the frame rate will be. A very good picture takes the same amount of data as several lesser quality ones.
Faster frame rates are smoother.
Judgement is personal of speed over quality.
I personally like smoothness of video.
The quality of video will depend on how fast your processor is and what else it is doing.
If you adjust the Yahoo! framerate/quality the picture is probably the same for the same frame rate.
Ralph

Does iChat in Lion have video calls with Yahoo messenger??

Does iChat in Lion have video calls with Yahoo messenger?
so far is supports only AIM and Apple ID for video chat but in Lion iChat supports Yahoo messenger, do they have video calling also or only text chat is offered in this version?

Hi all,
iChat will Video to other iChat users for Jabber (Google, Facebook and others) and Yahoo Names.
In neither case will it Video to any Web browser access to the service the buddy may be on such as the Google Mail web mail or iGoogle pages access to the chat option.
Nor will it video to any Standalone app (There is one for PC for GoogleTalk) and obviously the Yahoo app on both PCs and Macs.
iChat has not done this since Jabber was added at iChat 3 (OS 10.4/Tiger) some while ago.
The AIM for Mac app has never been able to do Video.
Video chatting to the AIM app for PCs can be fraught but is supposed to work.
It also tends to work to the Trillian App with the Pro Add-on (which Costs)
The Yahoo for Mac 3 Beta has been in beta for years. It could be argued that it has never been "Supported"
iChat 6 's behaviour may not be what you want but it is entirely consistent with iChat 3 through 5 with the Jabber options.
You could use this page
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html
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Yahoo Messenger won't sign in Macbook (13" Black) v. 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)

Been having some really weird issues with Yahoo Messenger on my Macbook (13" Black) O/S Snow Leopard v 10.6.8. My sign-in/log-in screen has been in this perpetual cycle of saying "signing -in" but nothing happens.. I have no other issues with other messenging apps (e.g iChat, AOL-IM, ICQ, etc) work just fine, but just non stop things with Yahoo. Don't know if it ever worked on here, but now its becoming an issue because I'm starting an online class now and need to have this for discussion groups. Any help would be great .. Thanks ! (BTW this screen shot has been goign on for about an hour)

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Yahoo messenger no more more video viewing

Any recent bugs wiht Yahoo messenger for Mac?
I tried to view my friends web cam and I got an error message that their camera was offline.
I had them triple check and they affirmed their camera was online.
I am using the latest veriosn of tiger, 10.4.6.
I went to my Jaguar back-up system of 10.2.8, which in the past had never given me problems, and still I got the same error mesage when trying to view thier cam.
However, my friend can still view my web cam (I just can't connect to them)
Any news or advice on this this would be most appreciated.
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Hi all,
yes yes Yahoo have problem w/ video connection between PC and Mac. Mac-Mac will work as well as PC-PC. I was playing a lot around and found temporary solution, however this doesn't mean that Yahoo now can go and forget about fixing that problem. So my solution is this. You first need to make video connection using iChat on Mac side and AIM on PC side. How to make it work? Just use the link (Thanks Ralph u r the greatest):
http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page12.html#_Service
BTW if windows r just XP or XP w/ SP1, dont get troubled w/ firewall settings... Also as u r setting TCP and UDP ports in Firewall settings (on windows side as nicely described in the link above) check the AOL Instant Messenger under the Exclusion window as well.
After u r done w/ setting PC for video chat, make video connection between PC and iChat. U will notice, that resolution is not the greatest.... Then close your video chat windows (both on PC and Mac) and start Yahoo messenger. Important step is, that Mac person has to invite for Video chat on Yahoo messenger first. Only when PC user will c Mac user, than PC user can start his video cam. Before that, his cam must be of. So after PC will c Mac video, than PC invites Mac for Video and everything will work. Also u will notice, that fps increased after all this.
Sorry at this point I have no scientific explanation how iChat-AIM enables Yahoo video. I think its somehow related to Win Firewall settings. After this, sometimes u will be able to start video on Yahoo directly w/o AOL. Sometimes u will need to do AOL trick, in order to get video going again. I have not had enough time to try all possibilities yet.
Good luck, and I know it sounds complicated. But trust me, if my mom (70 yo) did that on the other side of the world, than its worthy. Lets hope that Yahoo will release new version soon. I have complained to them last week. If more people would send complains, than maybe they will fix faster….
Sincerely,
Justas

ISIGHT for Yahoo Messenger

Hi Everyone,
Does the iSight web camera supporting to yahoo messenger in windows operating system? Thanks in advance.
Sri.

If you search in the iSight forums on Apple support you'll get better info.
iSight on iChat = both video and sound work fine. If you are talking to a person on PC, then both video and sound will only work if they are using the latest AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) on Windows.
iSight on OSX Yahoo IM = only video works - there's no sound options in the OSX Yahoo IM preferences so they didn't even code that in.
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Web Cam does not work for yahoo messenger

Hi,
I down loaded a s/w MacCleanse, it kinda deleted a lot of files from my mac book air after which the web cam stopped working on yahoo messenger. I checked Ichat the cam works perfectly but does'nt with messenger. Does any one have a clue on how to fix this..

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I tried to start my webcam but it is not working and but when i use photobooth it alright, but when i tried using yahoo messenger webcam its not working..
pls could anyone help me..

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