Ichat multiconference icon

how can i change my single video camera icon to a multi video camera icon? I am currently unable to have a multi person video conference

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Ichat webcam icon.

people who i know who have webcams, have the icons. other people, have the webcam icon, and say they don't have one. is this possible, or just bs? lol. just seeking a little clarification on this topic. thanks.
macbook Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi Steven,
It is possible to use an Add-On utility called iChatUSBCam and not have a camera.
It provides a workaround fro starting One-way video chats when you are not the one with the camera.
Having said that I would think this would only apply in very few cases and is probably not what this is about.
The AIM servers send info to iChat about the capabilities of your Buddies.
You can see these if you click once on a Buddy to highlight an then press the Apple key and i together (Get Info).
Then from the drop down at the top of the window that appears you can select the buddies screen name.
This is where to look up their profile (if they have set one) and keep notes about them.
Also on this page is what they can do in terms of Chats and file sending and so on.
Does the listing of capabilities match what you see or what they are telling you ?
If it matches what you see then try deleting com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist
This is in Users/(your account)/Library/Preferences and restart iChat
It may ask you to confirm your details in the Start Up Screens.
2:37 PM Thursday; March 22, 2007

Ichat camera icon not showing

under one user name the camera icon/video does not show on other computers. It works fine under other users name. Settings are set to allow video.

Hi,
Can I check ?
Do you mean this computer has Two Mac User Accounts and in one iChat does not Display Video Capabilities ?
Or do you mean that you have Two Screen Names and on does not seem to be able to Do Video ?
If one of these is a Jabber ID (including a GoogleTalk one) you will not be able to Video to PCs or to the Web Mail Chat page at Google or to Mac Users using another Jabber app.
This is dues to Protocol differences about how the chats are connected.
I presume by "Enabled" you mean both the Video Menu has Camera Enabled AND the View Menu has Show Video Status Enabled. Both should show Ticks and that can be done by selecting the line. Toggling the line turns the option On (ticked) or Off (unticked).
The View Menu show you icon to your Buddies as well as displaying the Green icons at your end. (As does the Camera Enabled if the View Menu is set)
The Video Menu item of Camera Enabled and the View Menu Show Video Status (and Audio's line) can be set individually against each Buddy list you have. (As can the Share Screen option).
If it is the first option I asked about we will need more details but is likely to do with the iChat Menu > Preferences > Video Section > Bandwidth Limit setting for that iChat/Buddy List.
It should not be below 200kbps for 1-1 chats or the 500kbps setting for 3 and 4 way Video Chats.
7:40 PM Sunday; May 8, 2011
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Contacts Pictures being overwritten in Sync with iChat Buddy iCons

This is really a problem in 2 parts. Firstly iChat AV is taking over the Address Book Picture. I can set the picture in the Phone, and that contact is someone that is in my iChat Buddy List. I can also set the picture in Address Book. But when the person goes online with his custom buddy icon, that takes over the Address Book icon I'd set. This eventually gets sync'd to the iPhone and then overwriting the lovely picture for my contact and replacing it with a lo res buddy icon. Lame. This is true even if I set the Buddy icon and tell iChat to always use that icon. The Custom Buddy icon seems to always eat the nicer pictures that I place in for the Buddy/Contact in my Address Book.
This seems to be more prevalent on Tiger than on Leopard, but I spend most of my time online in Tiger and its also the machine I sync the iPhone to.

Fortunately, I've discovered the problem was not iChat but Adium. Adium was overwriting my AddressBook Buddy icon. For those of you who run into this as well, you can turn off the setting in the Advanced tab of Adium, under the Address Book sub-tab. There's an images section of that screen. Uncheck "Overwrite Address Book images..."

What is going on with my iChat buddy icons?

Hi everyone, I hope this hasn't been answered before, I searched and couldn't find a topic related to this specific iChat Error. So, just recently I have noticed that I have a blank spot where a buddy icon should be under the recent buddy icon drop down menu. If I select it I get an iChat internal error! It reads: NSImageCacheException: Can't cache image. I'm running iChat 3.1.4. What happened and what can I do to repair this problem? Any help is appreciated. The only thing I've tried is repairing my permissions.
Steve
Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

It IS the buddy icon in the upper right corner of the iChat window. Just click it and it opens a recent buddy icons menu.
But i figured out my issue just now.
All I had to do was set a picture for "ME" in the address book and it filled that blank space. Now I no longer get that error.
Steve
Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Change iChat 4 icon

http://nysosym.deviantart.com/art/Space-Bubble-68169754
i have that icon and it covers up the original 1, but if its running in the backround and i get an IM or something it changes to the original icon, how do i make it stay as my custom 1?

I don't know why the question has been marked as answered. I have the same problem. After I've done the usual [Desired Icon > Get Info > Copy … Target App > Get Info > Paste], iChat responds differently than other programs. I don't know what the conditions are, but sometimes iChat displays the replacement icon I've chosen; sometimes it goes back to Apple's default, which I don't like. I think it's to do with when someone IM's you but sometimes after answering the IM's I can get the icon to recover and sometimes not.
I also tried changing the icon with CandyBar and that didn't fix the problem either.

IChat picture/icon doesnt play animated .gif's?!

im trying to make my iChat icon/picture a .gif file but its not working... can i NOT do this or something?

Hi Robert,
Apologies for the second post, I had some problems when posting.
See point 8 under On Checks and ADD-ONS on the following page.
kiChat: Where to Find Links to Things About iChat
--Chris
Message was edited by: chrisbel

No iChat Icons after Time Machine Restore

I wasn't sure if this should go in the iChat thread...
After doing a restore from a Time Machine backup, I seem to no longer get iChat buddy icons. All the buddy icons display the generic AIM yellow guy (save one who is showing the blue globe). The icons of course display correctly on a different machine. I've tried several things to restore these. Deleting and re-adding buddies, adding new buddies, etc. I was going to uninstall and reinstall iChat but I don't think that's possible without reinstalling the entire OS. I found it particularly odd when adding a new buddy it continues to display the generic icon. I'm not sure what this entails, if the the iChat prefs are corrupted or what. I hoped there would be some easy fix for this, and perhaps there is. All I know for sure is that this occurred after restoring from a Time Machine backup.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice!

Hello Pondini,
this tip works -> (#E8)
If it still won't start, install OSX from your Snow Leopard Install disc (that won't affect anything else). See Installing the "combo" update and/or Reinstalling OSX for details and instructions.
THX!
auti from perchtoldsdorf (near VIENNA/AUSTRIA)

Ichat showing all generic AIM running man buddy icon

Hi,
Not sure what happened today but now iChat is only showing the generic yellow AIM icon for all my AIM buddies. I deleted all the cache and pref files and nothing helped.
I installed iChat streaming icon today but it was working fine. Now all of a sudden all my buddies are showing up as the yellow running man>?
Help.
TIA
Dave

Hi Jungle Juice,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions
Make sure port 5190 is open to the UDP protocol.
This includes the Mac Firewall if On
The Modem and any router you have.
If it is open in the Modem make sure that it points to the IP your computer has if you are using Port Forwarding with DHCP
Go to Users/(your account)/Library/Caches and then com.apple.iChat.pictures This is a folder. Inside delete the .plist there.
11:31 AM Monday; February 26, 2007

Animated Icons in iChat with AIM

Hi, I was wondering how to get animated icons to work in iChat. I set mine as one, and it stays the first frame of the icon. It doesn't even change for my friends when we're chatting, and they're running regular AIM.

Hi
http://ichat.pardeike.net/ iChat Streaming Icon
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/liveicon/ Live Icon
Ralph

IChat + Google Talk: shrinks google's buddy icon. Any fix?

I use iChat for google talk. Unfortunately, every time I start up iChat, the buddy icon in iChat overrides the buddy icon on google's servers. iChat's icon must be smaller, because if i go to use google talk via web interface (in gmail, etc.), the buddy icon is very pixalated (as if google is trying to enlarge it).
Any way to stop iChat from overriding google's buddy icon???

Just sent this to the developer of Chax:
Kent,
First let me tell you that Chax is one of the best add on programs out there for the mac. I value your work and appreciate it.
An issues that's been around for a while, and one which I wonder if you can take care of in one of the upcoming releases.
Basically, the problem is using iChat for Google Talk. What happens is that your buddy icon in iChat ends up overwriting the buddy icon you have set on google/gmail/gtalk/etc. This is a problem because iChat's buddy icon is much smaller, pixel wise, and ends up making the icon on any of google's pages look absolutely terrible.
Is there anything you can do to prevent iChat from overriding google's icon, or to have allow iChat to use a larger size icon (probably much more difficult).
There have been many threads about this on apple's discussion forums and on gmail/gtalk google group forums. There is no solution.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Animated GIF Buddy Icon

Is It Possible To Get An Animated Gif into iChat?
The File Is 56k & 50 X 50. When I Drag It In It Just Shows The First Frame. This Is For My Daughter, And I Appreciate Any Help. Thanks

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
To view other people's animated icons, you will need one of the following third-party add-on's:
Live Icon from Ecamm http://www.ecamm.com/mac/liveicon/
iChat Streaming Icon http://ichat.pardeike.net/
Either will work.
-Ryan

Ichat no longer works with snow leopard

i recently installed Snow Leopard on my macbook pro and ever since, when I try to open iChat, a window opens and says "You can't use this version of the application iChat with this version of Mac OS X. You have iChat 4.0.8. I thought that the new version would have installed with Snow Leopard. What do I need to do?

Hi,
Go to the Applications folder.
Do you have two versions of iChat in there ?
If so, Click on to Highlight it.
Use the Apple Key (CMD) and I key together (Get Info)
In the panel that pops up what version number is it ?
What is the version number of the other one ?
If one is iChat 5 and one is iChat 4, drag the current iCon for iChat Off the DOCK and let go. (Puff of Smoke animation)
Drag the iChat 5 icon to the DOCK (It does not move the App just links to it.)
If you only have iChat 4 then post back and let us know as there will be more steps.
Please note the time of my post as I may not reply for some time.
10:31 PM Monday; September 7, 2009
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Kichat: Where to Find Links to Things About iChat (Replacement)

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kichat: Where to Find Links to Things About iChat
Where do I Find Links to Things About iChat ?
Useful Other Web Pages
On AIM
AIM 5.9 If you are using 10.4.8 or lower your PC buddy will need this version
Download Newest AIM site PC version of AIM 6.1.x.x Download site reportedly works with/to 10.4.9
Another site explaining how to set up the AIM application
AIM for Mac Doh?!?!? (Text Only)
On Internet Speed Checks
Thanks to Defcom on all of these. Now and then when starting out or encountering problems, it is worth checking if you have the Connection Speed you think you have (or indeed pay for). Most need you to have JAVA installed and active. Most of the common Browers will have the required Pug-inactive.
Check Your Broadband speed DSLreports. Speed check with a Javascript enabled site
ADSLGuide's Speed Test Another Java based Test site in Britian.
Speed Test at Audit My PC As the Link says
SpeedTest.net A test site just for Testing. Nice Graphical interface (bit "blokey" Men will like it). Shows a section of the world with the most local servers. You can choose ones from further afield
BroadbandMaX.co.uk As it says Another British based single server test site. Uses javasript and Flash rather Java to run test. Has speedometer style graphics.
On ADD-ONS
iChat ADD-ONs
OK. iChat may not do all the things you may come across when trying out different IM applications.
iChat 2 stuff first
iCAR Away Message maker. BEWARE CONFILCTS WITH iCHAT 3
iProfile 1.2: Add an AIM profile. Beware of using with Tiger/iChat 3
"iTunes Calling.." Doug Adams' Utility for showing what your iTunes is playing as a Status Message. Not needed for iChat 3
iChat Status A System Preference control item that can run several applescripts (included) from it's interface to put info from other applications in the Status message. Not siutable in it's current form for iChat 3
Edit Sept. 2006 And March 2007 No revision yet.
Live Icon Moving Buddy icon add on. It lives !! Was written by Ecamm but found on VersionTracker only. (Thanks Defcom !!) The VersionTraker page does say it is iChat 2.x Only !!
iChat 2 and 3 compatible stuff
Ecamm.com (iChatUSBCam) A utility for making G3/500 and slower work with USB cameras and external iSight cameras. Originally for iChat 2.x but the current version is Universal and works on Intels as well.
iChatUSBCam has been updated for the changes in 10.4.9
10.4.9 adds USB Video Class (UVC) drivers to the OS which work with iChat.
You may have to Update and delete the Drivers you have (IOXperts or Macam) the delete com.apple.ichat.plist as well to get your camera working again.
John Kennedy's Video Page All sorts of stuff. Camera driver links, other products - basically an eclectic look.
iGlasses Enhancement for Picture control for External cameras.
iChat Streaming Icon Another moving icon Utility. Seems to be OK in iChat 3.x
iChatter More from Ecamm.com Speaks iChat Text chats.
Conference Recorder Yet more from Ecamm. Allows you to record iChat Video chats.
Not tried in iChat 2 or is iChat 3 specific
Showmacster Adds the ability to show Video clips, icons, pics as slide shows and more.
ChatFX Adds the ability to live feed of Photobooth type distortions and more. Was originally Intel Macs only but NOW Universal!! Can be power hungry as Video is effectively processed twice.
Chax An Add-on that does much. Allows Auto Accept of Files and Text chats. Tabs Text chats into one window. Has many items that add to the iChat Menus and a set of Preferences added to the iChat Prefernces window.
PowerBoost More from Ecamm. This time a Utilty for slower Macs to be able to Multi-Video chat.
On Other Applications
Multi-service (AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! etc.) Text Only apps.
ProteusX A Mac based multiple service Text Chat Instant Messenger client.
Edit: March 2007. Web site has not been online for several months now.
Fire Another Multi-service Text only Client for Macs.
Adium X Another text based multi- service client.
Mac based AIM Client(s)
AIM for Mac The Mac Version of AIM.
Alternatives to iChat but Video chatting capable apps
iVisit A Mac and PC alternative. (does not use AIM or MSN or Jabber)
Yak For Free Like Skype and iVisit is a Cross Platform Video, Audio and IM application. They beat Skype to a Mac version.
Skype Cross Platform IP telephony and Chat client. Now has a Mac version for Video chat
PalTalk.com
Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta of Yahoo! 3
Gizmo Says it can link to almost anything. Frre to Download. Looks like calls to lanlines cost like Skype does.
Apps for PCs in addition to lose listed above
Trillian PC based alternative to AIM using the AIM servers. Will connect to iChat
Apps to connect to other Services
Mercury Messenger A JAVA based MSN Client. JAVA makes it cross platform. Has a beta for Video and Auido chats.
aMSN Another MSN Video chat Client
<href="http://messenger.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta of Yahoo! 3
On Other iChat Set Up and Info Pages
CherryPop Homepage Alternative pages about setting up iChat.
John Kennedy's Homepage Links to Camers Drivers and other useful stuff. A bit dated now
Ryan's iChat set up pages Well worth a beginners visit.
MVLDesign.com Mac to PC (AIM 5.9) and iChat help page.
Chatter Lists pages
This might be useful to those who ask it regularly.
If your looking for iChat Buddy Lists You may want to register at these.
MyiSight.com
iChatters.com
Globalchat chatfinder.com
.Mac Buddy Central (Thanks to Iveta Staks.)
iChat Club : (Thanks to Phillippe Alary)
iChatVillage
iChat Rooms Listing
Some of them cost. Also do a Google search for more, including the AIM chat rooms.
These require that you make note of the chatroom and enter it in the window that pops up when you use the "Go to Chat" item in the iChat File menu.
6:10 PM Friday; March 30, 2007

Original
kichat: Where to Find Links to Things About iChat
Where do I Find Links to Things About iChat ?
Useful Other Web Pages
On AIM
AIM 5.9 If you are using 10.4.8 or lower your PC buddy will need this version
Download Newest AIM site PC version of AIM 6.1.x.x Download site reportedly works with/to 10.4.9
Another site explaining how to set up the AIM application
AIM for Mac Doh?!?!? (Text Only)
On Internet Speed Checks
Thanks to Defcom on all of these. Now and then when starting out or encountering problems, it is worth checking if you have the Connection Speed you think you have (or indeed pay for). Most need you to have JAVA installed and active. Most of the common Browers will have the required Pug-inactive.
Check Your Broadband speed DSLreports. Speed check with a Javascript enabled site
ADSLGuide's Speed Test Another Java based Test site in Britian.
Speed Test at Audit My PC As the Link says
SpeedTest.net A test site just for Testing. Nice Graphical interface (bit "blokey" Men will like it). Shows a section of the world with the most local servers. You can choose ones from further afield
BroadbandMaX.co.uk As it says Another British based single server test site. Uses javasript and Flash rather Java to run test. Has speedometer style graphics.
On ADD-ONS
iChat ADD-ONs
OK. iChat may not do all the things you may come across when trying out different IM applications.
iChat 2 stuff first
iCAR Away Message maker. BEWARE CONFILCTS WITH iCHAT 3
iProfile 1.2: Add an AIM profile. Beware of using with Tiger/iChat 3
"iTunes Calling.." Doug Adams' Utility for showing what your iTunes is playing as a Status Message. Not needed for iChat 3
iChat Status A System Preference control item that can run several applescripts (included) from it's interface to put info from other applications in the Status message. Not siutable in it's current form for iChat 3
Edit Sept. 2006 And March 2007 No revision yet.
Live Icon Moving Buddy icon add on. It lives !! Was written by Ecamm but found on VersionTracker only. (Thanks Defcom !!) The VersionTraker page does say it is iChat 2.x Only !!
iChat 2 and 3 compatible stuff
Ecamm.com (iChatUSBCam) A utility for making G3/500 and slower work with USB cameras and external iSight cameras. Originally for iChat 2.x but the current version is Universal and works on Intels as well.
iChatUSBCam has been updated for the changes in 10.4.9
10.4.9 adds USB Video Class (UVC) drivers to the OS which work with iChat.
You may have to Update and delete the Drivers you have (IOXperts or Macam) the delete com.apple.ichat.plist as well to get your camera working again.
John Kennedy's Video Page All sorts of stuff. Camera driver links, other products - basically an eclectic look.
iGlasses Enhancement for Picture control for External cameras.
iChat Streaming Icon Another moving icon Utility. Seems to be OK in iChat 3.x
iChatter More from Ecamm.com Speaks iChat Text chats.
Conference Recorder Yet more from Ecamm. Allows you to record iChat Video chats.
Not tried in iChat 2 or is iChat 3 specific
Showmacster Adds the ability to show Video clips, icons, pics as slide shows and more.
ChatFX Adds the ability to live feed of Photobooth type distortions and more. Was originally Intel Macs only but NOW Universal!! Can be power hungry as Video is effectively processed twice.
Chax An Add-on that does much. Allows Auto Accept of Files and Text chats. Tabs Text chats into one window. Has many items that add to the iChat Menus and a set of Preferences added to the iChat Prefernces window.
PowerBoost More from Ecamm. This time a Utilty for slower Macs to be able to Multi-Video chat.
On Other Applications
Multi-service (AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! etc.) Text Only apps.
ProteusX A Mac based multiple service Text Chat Instant Messenger client.
Edit: March 2007. Web site has not been online for several months now.
Fire Another Multi-service Text only Client for Macs.
Adium X Another text based multi- service client.
Mac based AIM Client(s)
AIM for Mac The Mac Version of AIM.
Alternatives to iChat but Video chatting capable apps
iVisit A Mac and PC alternative. (does not use AIM or MSN or Jabber)
Yak For Free Like Skype and iVisit is a Cross Platform Video, Audio and IM application. They beat Skype to a Mac version.
Skype Cross Platform IP telephony and Chat client. Now has a Mac version for Video chat
PalTalk.com
Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta of Yahoo! 3
Gizmo Says it can link to almost anything. Frre to Download. Looks like calls to lanlines cost like Skype does.
Apps for PCs in addition to lose listed above
Trillian PC based alternative to AIM using the AIM servers. Will connect to iChat
Apps to connect to other Services
Mercury Messenger A JAVA based MSN Client. JAVA makes it cross platform. Has a beta for Video and Auido chats.
aMSN Another MSN Video chat Client
<href="http://messenger.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta of Yahoo! 3
On Other iChat Set Up and Info Pages
CherryPop Homepage Alternative pages about setting up iChat.
John Kennedy's Homepage Links to Camers Drivers and other useful stuff. A bit dated now
Ryan's iChat set up pages Well worth a beginners visit.
MVLDesign.com Mac to PC (AIM 5.9) and iChat help page.
Chatter Lists pages
This might be useful to those who ask it regularly.
If your looking for iChat Buddy Lists You may want to register at these.
MyiSight.com
iChatters.com
Globalchat chatfinder.com
.Mac Buddy Central (Thanks to Iveta Staks.)
iChat Club : (Thanks to Phillippe Alary)
iChatVillage
iChat Rooms Listing
Some of them cost. Also do a Google search for more, including the AIM chat rooms.
These require that you make note of the chatroom and enter it in the window that pops up when you use the "Go to Chat" item in the iChat File menu.
3:01 PM Sunday; April 8, 2007

Powerbook wont sleep when ichat connected

whenever my computer is connected to ichat, even if thats the only program running, the display will sleep but the hard drive will not. I have tried adjusting all the settings that seem to make sense in the energy saver panel but still - no dice. can anyone help? i saw someone else with a similar problem, but the other person's computer also would not recover and required shutdown. mine will awake from display sleep but it just never naturally goes into hard drive sleep. if, however, i close it or go to apple --> sleep, it will sleep. i dont' mind being logged off of ichat, i just need it to sleep.

hi Yaa,
Add-ons and third Party items that get iChat to do things it does not normally do.
There is a large variety of what different ones do.
See this list for some (if not all)
http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page5.html#_addons
Basically I would thinks that you would know if you were using Live Icon or iChat Streaming Icon.
I am also sure you would know if you had anything that was changing your Status Message rapidly.
I once had a problem with an All-in-One Scanner Printer that put an item in System preferences > Accounts > my account > Login items that checked if I had put a media card from a camera in the slots on the scanner/printer and did not let me shut down (I rarely get to the point where my computer sleeps)
I would follow the pointers and look in your Login Items list and see if there is anything in there that is doing something similar (It may not be a printer/scanner monitor)
I would also check which of your Widgets are active.
8:50 PM Friday; March 23, 2007

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