Can I Video Chat with someone who has Gchat?

I have set up my gmail account in iChat, and am fully able to video chat with people who are also using ichat, but when I try to video chat with people who are using gchat (on PCs) and have video capability. Is there anyway to video chat with them besides opening up my gmail account and chatting through the web browser? I should be able to do it in one program right?

With Gtalk in iChat its Mac to Mac only for video.

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Yes, I can video chat with someone on Skype. I only ichat with my younger sister and she doesn't ichat with anyone else. I don't have anyone else to try out the video chatting with in Messages. She's not tech savy and doesn't feel comfortable doing anything to her program. A friend may try to get her up and running on Skype, we just liked chatting with the Mac programs.

How can I video chat with someone who uses web based yahoo?

Not long ago I purchased my first Mac (New MacBook Pro 2.53GHZ); last Summer I also purchased a MacBook Pro for my daughter. Everything works great (like driving a formula one Porsche after grappling with a battered pick-up truck (meaning Windows) for many decades; cannot imagine ever going back. But, there is one issue that I have not been able to solve and for which I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or advice. I am familiar with ichat and with AIM (my daughter uses it all the time). However, the vast majority of people with whom I communicate via IM live in parts of the world where very few people have even a computer at home much less residential internet access. As a result, near all of the folks I would be chatting with have to use public computers (internet cafes, libraries, etc) and obviously they cannot install AIM or anything else on those public computers. About 90% of them use the web based yahoo messenger which can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection (most of the rest use MSN). My question is this: I know how to do video chat in ichat but ichat does not support yahoo. How can I do video chat with someone who is using web based yahoo on a public computer that has a USB web cam? I was able to do this on my old PC which had a plug in web cam but do not know how it might work on a Mac. Should I install yahoo messenger on my MacBook Pro and will that work for me?. I know about some other Mac compatible chat clients such as Admiun but as far as I can tell none of them support video chat or in some cases yahoo. Perhaps I am overlooking something. I would be very grateful for any suggestions or advice in this matter. Thanks to anyone who reads this post and has any helpful info.

Zurich,
I don't think the web-based Yahoo Messenger supports video, so nothing you can do with that.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/
I think there are Mac compatible MSN clients that will do video, (i.e. aMSN) Also, Microsoft plans on releasing an updated version of Messenger for Mac soon.
http://www.officeformac.com/blog/An-Update-on-Messenger-for-Mac
GoogleTalk does have a browser based video chat, but your friends would need to install a browser plug-in. (which I would assume that can't do either)
The best option is Skype, but also requires an install on their end (I would think that the internet cafes would/should have this available)
Good Luck,
Double_A

AIM with ichat 5.0.3 not working (can't chat, audio chat, or video chat) with someone who has ichat 6.0.0 (AIM). What can I do to fix this problem?

It was working the night before, but the next day wasn't working at all. Facetime was having problems too... I have Mac OSX 10.6.8.

Hi,
It might help if we knew what sort of Accounts/Screen Names were involved ?
What have you checked ?
Mac Firewall ?
Router ?
Logging on to your Mac with another Mac User ?
Does the Mac User Account you normally use have Parental Controls turned On ?
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I have an I pad can I chat with someone who has an Apple Mac computer

I have an I pad can I chat with someone who has an Apple Mac computer, if so what do I need to do ??

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In Messages on the iPad you need to be using an Apple ID (which you probably are)
You can then iMessage (the form of Apple Chat Messaging that is used) to other Apple IDs or iPhone numbers.
They have to be using iOS 5.5 or higher or OS X 10.8 on a Mac. ( A Mac could be up to OS X 10.8.2 if updated iOS devices could be up to iOS 6.0.1)
You then needs either WiFi access or a Data contract and an iPad that can do at least 3G (some have SIM cards)
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Can i video chat with someone on a windows pc using yahoo messenger?

hi, i am considering buying a macbook laptop and would like to know before i purchase, can i video chat with someone using a windows pc with vista os on it if we are both using yahoo messenger? if so please tell me how to set that up correctly b/c the tech support site hasnt been helpful. Also, can i plug my Logitech QuickIM or ExpressIM webcam into the usb port and the macbook pick it up and allow me to use it with yahoo messenger to video chat with? can i still use the headphone earbud that came with the webcamera also if i plug it into the headphone jack on the macbook? if so how do you do that? i know that macbook has a built in webcamera, but i like to turn the camera instead of having to turn the computer all the time to show different parts of areas, etc. in my house, etc. please help me so i will know whether or not to purchase it or not. and also, can i use microsoft outlook to check my email with on a macbook, or what email program would i need to use?
email me at [email protected] with answers please.

regarding video, yes you can do a video chat with another pc user. the pc side has to right click your name and find the "view video" (using yahoo mesenger and built in cam)
have not use audio though so i can not assure you that it would work. (but most probably it would)
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Cannot video chat with someone using AIM software

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Try these first steps
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1968438
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First of all, I would have to say that getting in touch with you is a nightmare and I am not at all happy that I can't just email or live chat with someone who can help! I am not a technical person, I just want to be able to use Photoshop Elements and ge

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Hi Louise, sorry to hear of your problems. This is not Adobe. We are mainly support volunteers, other users like you, trying to help one another. You need to contact Adobe directly for activation and licencing issues. Click the link below. Use the dropdown menu for boxes (1) & (2) to scroll down the list and choose:
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3. Click on the blue button: Still need help? Contact us – then click the area marked chat 24/7, then click “start chat ”
It’s usually possible to start a live chat, if an Adobe agent is free, and often to get the problem fixed right away. Have your serial number available. The agent can directly troubleshoot your system if you agree to activate the Adobe Connect add-on. Don’t let them pass the buck. Stay connected and ask to speak with a supervisor if necessary.
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Who can you video chat with?

who can you video chat with? is it only for other users of a mac computer? .. or can anyone with a webcam have chats with you via iChat AV? Someone please explain how you add people into a video chat. Thanks, its much appreciated,
Andrew

If there is a camera displayed next to your friend in the contact list you can invite your friend by clicking on that camera icon. You need to use iChat for video chats with more than one friend the same time. (friends using iChat can invite you to a multi person video chat and add others if the iChat user initiates the video chat)
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Can't video chat with AIM only .mac users like me.

Hi,
I'm running the latest iChat AV.
There seems to be alot of posts regarding people being unable to chat with .mac and only AIm but my problem is exactly the opposite. I can only video chat with other .mac users and not with AIM users. (I am .mac).
Nothing here involves a PC, all accounts are on macs. Any .mac friends I try and video chat to it works great, but any mac AIM users all I kept getting are 'failed to respond' messages. I failed to respond or they did depending on who initiated the video chat. All type chatting works fine. I have no firewalls and plenty of bandwith. To the best of my knowledge the AIM users have no firewalls either. Any ideas?
Thanks.

Hi Rodi,
There has been one report of a .mac user contacting .mac because of this problem. He said he was informed that they were aware of the problem exsiting for some users but that they could not tell which ones.
They did something to his account that made it work (some problem with the .mac user list and the AIM Servers)
I suggest you explore this as well.
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I have Messages on OS X 10.8 but my friend has iChat still so i made an AIM account to chat with her. This worked. But now i can't video chat with her. We can both send invites to video chat but the other person cannot accept/see them. All that happens is the camera turns on...

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All the Google IDs I know that work are in the form of [email protected] of [email protected]
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I know of other names that look like [email protected] bit these are not Mail Accounts and do not work with the Google Talk servers (talk.google.com as seen in iChat Preferences > Accounts > Server settings for a gmail account name)
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Can't video chat with buddy.

I have the most recent version of ichat and snow leopard, and I can't video chat with my Buddy on ichat/AIM. She has a PC (and has a camera) and whenever I try to video chat with her, it says waiting for a response, and then when she accepts it says she canceled the invitation or something else along those lines. When she tries inviting me it tells her that an error has occurred and she should restart AIM.
I tried restarting my ichat, and restarting my macbook, but it still says the same thing. She also has a PC laptop with a built in video camera, and AIM, and it lets me video chat with her on that (she doesn't like using that laptop because it's slow and the camera isn't that good), it also lets me video chat with other mac users. Please help me with this problem!!!!!! I have tried everything, but with no luck. Is it her PC or my mac? PLEASE HEELP!

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
Based on what you have posted it look like her PC.
Has she allowed AIM through the Windows Firewall as an Exception ?
Has she allowed it though her Router or modem ?
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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!!

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Pc http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/windows/
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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?
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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/
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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.

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I have a iPhone I gave my daughter my iPad how can I video chat with her?

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