Connecting my iSight with non-iSight cams

Hello. I am trying to connect my iSight with friends who have pc cams and am unable to do so. What do I need to do to resolve this?

Hi cci55,
They need XP preferably at Service Pack 2.
They need either AIM 6.1 or AIM 5.9 (Definitely NOT AIM 6.0 called Triton).
They could Trillian Pro
They then need to allow the app they use as an Exception though their XP firewall
The AIM 6.1 app needs to be allowed as AIM6.exe rather than just AIM which will do AIM 5.9
If they are using AIM 5.9 it may also need "Tuning" See message 570 onwards.
These options will allow you to use iChat.
You may need to set your Mac Firewall if it is ON
See the second pic here http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page4.html#_ports
You are almost certainly going to need to allow iChat to get through your modem or router by opening or allowing Ports there.
Longer info here http://www.mvldesign.com/videoconferencetutorial.html
If you wish to use a another service like MSN or Yahoo then look at these apps http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page5.html#_other
Some are Text only.
11:40 AM Saturday; July 14, 2007

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