IChat Support

Q: What is iChat feature and it's use case?
A: Introduction:
When any Bonjour device sends out a mDNS response packet, AirGroup solution terminates that packet and updates its cache entries along with the device details. Such devices are identified as AirGroup Servers on a Mobility controller. When any Bonjour device sends out a mDNS query packet, AirGroup solution again terminates such packet and sends out a unicast response post cache entry lookup. Such devices are identified as Airgroup Users.
Some services use mDNS response packet to announce a user arrival and iChat is one of them. A new user entry will not be able to identify the existing user if the announcement packet(response packet) is not multicast. Hence the typical solution we use for airplay and other services does not hold good for iChat. The mDNS multicast response propagation allows services to multicast the response packet(it's a L2 multicast with service id "_presence._tcp"). This allows the existing users to instantly see a new user when a new user logs in. The mDNS response packet for iChat or Messages Application is multicast across all VLANs that are trunked in the controller.
How it works:
How to enable from WebUI:
How to enable from CLI:
(Aruba7210) (config) #airgroup service chat ?
disable disable service
enable enable service
(Aruba7210) (config) #airgroup service chat enable

Hello alangsam
A few apps, including iMovie, require a Firewire DV signal from any external webcam. No external USB cam works with such apps.
If you need to use your external webcam with iMovie (or other apps that demand Firewire input), use a Firewire webcam or your compatible DV camcorder rather than a USB cam.
A 10.4.10-equipped Mac can use UVC (the latest USB specification) webcams for all other apps. If you buy USB, be sure to get a camera that supports the UVC standard. Older, non-UVC USB cams might work if appropriate driver software is available, but the UVC cams are supported by the latest Mac OS without additional software. See the system requirements for the application software you want to use for exact camera and, if applicable, additional software requirements.
For more info, see this post about Webcams other than iSight or search iSight Discussions for "UVC" (without the quotation marks.)
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) G5 DP 1.8 External iSight

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Does iChat support JPEG video streaming

Dear Sir,
I would like to capture image and then encode to JPEG format and then send the JPEG file to iChat 15 times per second. Does iChat can display the JPEG file properly?
Thanks!
Best Regards,
sunshine_uyl

Ok,
Some more backing up and standing back from this.
I am still trying to interpret what it is exactly you are wishing to do.
If this "board" is something you want to use as a Camera source and it supplies or rather can supply stills of one form or another at 15fps then I don't think this is going to possible.
As one source iChat can use DV format in it's plainest form. (NOT DV or any proprietary versions)
As another iChat can since OS X 10.4.9 use the UVC driver to access USB 2.0 UVC compliant cameras
iChat has some support folders in the /System/Library and the Frameworks and PrivateFrameworks.
These control which video feeds it allows in a sort of "Native" form if you like.
This is through the CVPixelBuffer and the CVOpenGLBuffer (CV = Constant Video)
At least for iChat 4 in Leopard - I am having difficulty in working out where they have moved things in iChat 5/Snow Leopard)
Certain USB 1.1 Cameras that have Mac Drivers Installed on the Mac still need a third Party utility (iUSBCam) to convert the video from that camera into something iChat can use.
Mostly these were VGA output (See Here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcam#Technology)
Certain IM apps such as Yahoo for Mac use a web cam but provide a collection of rapid Stills much like you talk about to give the appearance of movement.
There are certain apps that can do the same and Stream those as a Live feed to a web site. See Evocam or Security Spy
On the other hand can iChat deal with jpegs or in fact any Still format the answer is yes.
In iChat 4 and higher there is iChat Theatre and iPhoto Share.
iPhoto Share can play a Slide Show of anything in a collection/Slide show that has been set up in iPhoto (best to turn Music Off in my book).
As this could be a folder within iPhoto I toyed with the idea of getting new pics into iPhoto fast enough to display in s Slide show but have not checked what the fastest display a Slide show can manage but doubt it is 15 a sec.
iChat Theatre can be used to display the docs from other apps
For Instance it can play Movies. If you have Quicktime Add-on plug-ins to display a movie on your Mac than it can play almost anything. (Perian can play Dvix for instance along with others and Flip4Mac can play .avi files and other Windows formats).
It can also display the slides for Powerpoint or Keynote (Pays to change the Side Ratio to 4:3 or better still Square to fit the Chat Video Chat window).
I must admit to not having tried that many other apps but the same should apply in a lot of cases.
In both case your Video feed is replaced with a "Stream" of the App or file in question.
Next.
iChat can also do Backdrops in Video Chats on Intel macs.
The Backdrop can be a single Still or a Movie (you are asked to step out of the Frame so it can register the background where you sit and then replaces that with the Movie or Pic). You don't have to step back into view and it could then "Stream" that pic.
These are created by Quartz files splitting the Cameras Feed off from the background and adding either Filters for the Effects or Adding Pics or Movies for Backdrops.
These files are created with Quartz Composer (Installed with Developers Tools on Your Install Disk > Optional Installs).
Whether Quartz Composer can be made to "See" the Input from the "board" I am not sure. (Image seems to be one Still Only and Video seems to be the Camera (I did not spend long looking at how the controls/source might be tweaked).
Thirdly.
I was discussing this with EZ Jim, a level 4 poster who hangs out mostly in the iSight Forum.
He was wondering if you meant getting the board to Chat with iChat like it was a Buddy (and then presumingly recording the Video chat, to get around the USB input constraint.
If the board was Internet able and could Interact with either a Jabber Server or the AIM Servers (run an AIM or Jabber client that was Video Capable) it would have to send data in the H264 Video format.
I don't think this is what you meant but I thought I would pose it for clarification.
Another possibility is a DV converter as a Standalone items between the board and the Mac.
I had one that had RCA, S-Video and Firewire inputs.
This would be an expensive option and depend on what outputs the board has physically
Summary.
Board as camera I don't think is likely unless it can produce DV Video
My 8 1/2 year old G4/1Ghz Dual Processor (Mirrored Door Tower) can handle an USB 2.0 UVC complaint camera.
It has handled DV input from a DV converter in the past.
It basically depends on the Pic size in this case (Aim for 640 X 480 pixels as a Max)
Boards as Means to Input a feed like other apps for iChat Theatre would depend somewhat on the working space or Doc that was created.
I would have to play around with a few more to find out what the limitation were.
(At this point I would imagine using a single file that was being updated 15 time a sec but have difficulty thinking that many processors would cope with that let alone access it at the same time as another app was updating it.)
I have a feeling iPhoto can not play a Slide Show with each pic being only 4 secs "long". It may also not cope with a folder that was having more pics added to it (Can't add Photos to Slide show on the fly as it were)
I do feel the Quartz Composer route may have merit.
Quartz Composer does allow Input from several sources an may be able to "see" the board directly over USB rather then importing a file.
In may well be able to Input a series of files which would mean the board having an App on the computer to save the files to then read.
This would require learning some new skills and take a while to set up.
Although getting Pic into iChat and sending them to 1 person in a video chat would inherently be more secure there may be other ways of getting a series of Pic as "video" feed on to a web page or other Broadcast method.
See EZ Jim's list http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/EZJim/EZJimpage7.html in the top left hand section and Nannycam at the bottom.
If the Board can Export in Streaming Flash then also see the items 9 through 12 in this section http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/page5.html#_othe
I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.
Essentially I don't think there is an Easy Way to do this.
11:01 PM Thursday; August 19, 2010
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Ichat support in 10.4.10 for USB cameras?

With apple not selling isight cameras anymore i was told that you couldnt use a USB based Camera with ichat Ilife etc. However I was in the Apple store yesterday and one of the
Genius said he thought that was fixed in 10.4.10?? can anyone help me with this. i want to use an Apple display with a Mac Pro and i need a good camera to attach via USB.

Hello alangsam
A few apps, including iMovie, require a Firewire DV signal from any external webcam. No external USB cam works with such apps.
If you need to use your external webcam with iMovie (or other apps that demand Firewire input), use a Firewire webcam or your compatible DV camcorder rather than a USB cam.
A 10.4.10-equipped Mac can use UVC (the latest USB specification) webcams for all other apps. If you buy USB, be sure to get a camera that supports the UVC standard. Older, non-UVC USB cams might work if appropriate driver software is available, but the UVC cams are supported by the latest Mac OS without additional software. See the system requirements for the application software you want to use for exact camera and, if applicable, additional software requirements.
For more info, see this post about Webcams other than iSight or search iSight Discussions for "UVC" (without the quotation marks.)
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) G5 DP 1.8 External iSight

Does iChat support Google Talk, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger?

I know that iChat works with AIM and .Mac, but does it support Google, MSN, and Yahoo? I hope it does because it wouldn't make sense it didn't...

Hi
See http://allforces.com/?p=17&akst_action=share-this
And for gtalk http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=24076
Tony

Ichat support in 10.4.10 for USB video cameras?

I might be a little confused
With apple not selling isight firewire cameras anymore and scant 3rd party availability of a good firewire camera i was told that you couldnt use a USB based Camera with ichat Ilife, quicktime etc. However I was in the Apple store yesterday and one of the Genius' said he thought that was fixed in 10.4.10?? can anyone help me with this. i want to use an Apple display with a Mac Pro and i need a good video camera to attach via USB to do Ichat and integrate with Quicktime, ilife, photobooth etc - in otherwords replicate what i have with my imacs.

Also http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4266538#4266538
9:05 PM Friday; July 27, 2007

Korean iChat support

Hello. I have recently figured out how to use the international input menu to type in Korean. It works very well. However, when using iChat to type in Korean, the other person sees my Korean fine, but I only see garbled symbols, not the Korean he typed. Does anyone have any tips?
Thanks!

Ginger -- Is the other party using iChat or something else? In any case, you might try going into iChat preferences for messages and making sure the font being used for incomings is a Korean one, like AppleGothic. If that doesn't work, try one of the others. A list is here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301332

IChat 5 doesn't support GTalk (Jabber) through proxy

Hello there.
Whenever I bring my Mac to work, I'm forced to use a proxy, the comany's proxy, so I'll be able to surf the internet in general...
I've found out that AIM settings in iChat supports picking individual proxy/socks or to select the system's preference deployed settings where GTalk (Jabber) you can't do both!
Can anybody help in solving this please?
Thanks, much appreciated!

Hi,
I am not sure there is an answer to this.
During the time of iChat 2 and 3 the regular posters here found that iChat does not Like using a Proxy.
It however do slightly better with the System Wide setting in System Preferences > Network rather than the the one in the iChat Preferences.
For AIM (logins) it does better as well as once established this is an Always On connection.
However for a Jabber ID the support app iChatAgent makes regular and frequent Checks with the server (Similar to a mail App but more frequently) which then updates the Buddy list.
As you say there is no Proxy setting in an iChat Jabber Account > Server settings
I have seen another thread recently where this caused iChatAgent to be shown in the Activity Monitor as running at 100% of one Processor.
8:30 PM Sunday; October 3, 2010
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The mother of all iChat AV problems

All the computers listed below can text chat among themselves but almost all of them cannot audio or video iChat AV with each other.
I hope you can follow along, as this will get very complicated. It is a hard story to tell.
I have been working on this for about 3 weeks now. I have read just about every post in the past 3 weeks. A 2nd Level Apple Tech Support person said I should post this for all to read because it encompasses so many problems all at once without any results and I have some interesting situations. I have tried every single suggestion in the forum without any results. I have spent hours on the phone with Apple iChat support, 2nd level Apple support and Linksys support. I’m an experienced iChat AV person and have been video conferencing for 10 years, starting back with CU-SeeMe. Actually did Beta testing for that CODEC. At the end of this, I will tell you what I haven’t tried yet, and it’s only one thing. And Ralph Jones of the UK, I have read every page of your website about ichat AV and tried everything on it. Thanks for the good work along with everyone else.
I’m the tech administrator for a Day Care Center. At the Day Care Center there are 15 Macs; 12 new 14 inch iBooks - 1.3 GHz with 756 MB RAM, one -15inch PowerBook 1 GHZ with 1 Gig RAM., an iMac 1 GHz with 1 Gig RAM, and one – 17inch 1.67 GHz PowerBook with 1 Gig of RAM.
My office has 2 Macs using iChat AV, a PowerBook 400 Titanium – 500 MB RAM and a G5 – Dual 2GHz – 3500 MB RAM.
All ADSL connections, all Verizon DSL. There are 8 different locations involved in this. 7 locations are using Linksys WRT54G routers, version 2 and 5’s, all updated to the latest firmware. My office is using a Linksys WRT54GS version 1 also updated to the latest firmware. 7 locations are using Westell 2200 DSL modems, and the one residential location that is DHCP is using a Westell 6100 Modem, the 6100 is set to default settings.
7 locations have static IP’s from the ISP and the 8th location is DHCP direct from Verizon (a typical residential set-up). Each location has 2 computers associated with it, all with iSight cameras. All 17 computers are using iChat AV through an AIM account.
All the computers are running OS 10.4.3 and are up to date as of this posting, including the J2SE 5.0 ver. 3 update and the Security Update 2005-009.
At my office and the office of the Day Care Center, all the computers are designated with a static IP. At the other locations the computers are DHCP, set to automatically get an IP from the router.
In all attempts to video iChat with all the computers, whenever an attempt is made, the 2 computers always get a video preview window and they say, “Starting video chat with …”, but then the dreaded responses always follow after trying to accept; “Did not respond”, “Fail to start video chat”, or “Cancelled the connection.”
So first, my office and the Day Care Office (DCO) have been video conferencing for over 1 year with iChat AV, but now we can no longer video chat. The only thing that changed was at both locations the routers went form an older Linksys WAP54G (A, B, & G) router to the WRT54GS ver. 1 at my office and a WRT54G ver.2 at the DCO a while ago. I can no longer video conference to the DCO nor can they video conference to me between any combination of the 4 computers at the 2 locations (a G5, PB 400, PB 1 GHz, iMac 1 GHz.). Not to long ago they all could video iChat with each other.
My office (with both computers) can iChat with the one location that is DHCP (the Verizon residential setup – both routers set to their defaults, no special stuff). But I can only video conference with the iBook not the PowerBook. In reverse, the iBook can call me but the PB can not. I have brought the PowerBook back to my office and it can video iChat back to the iBook at it’s location from the PowerBook that came from that location. The PB can even connect to my 2 computers on my router at my office. We did a 3 way to the iBook with my G5 hosting, the PowerBook at my office and the iBook at it’s location. When I take the PoweBook back to it’s original location (where the iBook is – the residential location) it can’t video conference with my office, no matter who calls whom.
In the remaining 6 locations, none of the computers can iChat with any of the other locations at all. I have only been able to iChat with the one location that is the Verizon DHCP location (residential setup) and only to the iBook not the PowerBook.
Now to get even weirder, as I said each location has at least 2 computers. At each of the 7 locations (but not my office), the 2 computers at that location, on the same router, can iChat between themselves over AIM (not BonJour) but they can not video chat with any of the other 7 locations.
All 17 computers connect correctly to the Apple iChat test sites: appleU3test01 and appleU3test03 at very good speeds. Oh speaking of speeds, when I first thought maybe it was a connection speed problem, I checked each location by downloading a file off the ISP’s server to check actual speeds, no connection is slower than 75 KB/s, most are plus 150 KB/s downloading the file. I tried 5 different DSL speed websites such as DSLReports.com and they are so inaccurate for testing speeds, they’re not worth using. I would get variations of speeds sometimes 400 to 500 Kbps difference between web services from the same computer at basically the same time.
To recap, my office G5 can only chat with one computer of the 17, the iBook at the Verizon residential setup. The PowerBook from the residential setup can chat back to its home connection to the iBook from my office only. None of the other computers can chat with each other from one location to the other. All the computers (except my G5 and the one iBook) can only chat with the other computer that is located on the same router.
I have concentrated on trying to get my office and the DCO connected. I have tried everything. That’s why after talking with Apple about this, the tech said to post this. Not many people will have so many computers simultaneously to work with. He even said I tried everything.
The one thing I haven’t tried is removing the Linksys router from both ends of a connection and just go through the Westell Modem. There is too much involved changing over the 2 offices or the other locations with all the computers at each location. I can’t afford to experiment that way with working business situations. These are not home environments.
I’m still not sure if the problem is an Apple thing with the latest updates or a router problem because the firmware updates have installed a lot of security stuff. I never had to even consider Port Forwarding or anything. iChat AV with the Linksys routers in their default settings just worked.
One odd thing I noticed while I did all this testing, if you have 2 computers at the same location that both have the same apple test site in the buddy list (example: appleU3test01) when one connects to the test site, the other computer lists the buddy as in use, and the second computer can not connect to it. As soon as the first computer disconnects, it becomes available to the second computer. You would think the test site can handle multiple people at the same time. In addition, each computer can connect to a different test site at the same time over the same router. I don’t know what it means, I just found it interesting.
Thanks for listening,
Jim

EZ Jim & Ralph, I appreciate your suggestions.
EZ - I have not had time to view entirely your website on ichat. It looks pretty complete. Too busy. Equipment conflicts I don't believe I have any. There is nothing on any of the computers except the iSight camera. No other external or internal equipment added. Very little software other than Microsoft Office 2004 and a cople of other things. They are not loaded with stuff, pretty basic.
Also each little network location works fine, the only thing I'm having trouble with is Video Chat. They all text chat to each other just fine, including the Windows machines (some locations have windows xp machines only).
Ralph - first - each Day Care location is in a different building around our community and each has a DSL line with it's own static IP from the internet service provider. Each location has one Westell Modem/Router 2200 that has been made into a modem, setting it up as a bridge as my service provider requested. And each location has a Linsys Router with the Static IP to the ISP. Each computer has it's own AIM address.
On the Modem I changed the IP address so it wasn't the same as the Linksys Router.
I want to say, I think like you that it's the modem. I got that feeling from your last post.
I have checked out my G5 and I can Video Chat to a lot of people (settings below). I restored it back to the way it was originally set up when I could video chat with the Day Care Center Office (DCCO). I can chat with my son (he has similar Linksys WRT54G Router, the version I still don't have, and an iSight camera), my parents (they have a cable modem, and an old Linksys A&G Router, iSight), my neighbor (I lent him one of my iSights, he has Verizon Fiber Optic and a Apple Extreme Base Station). All video chatted fine.
My Linksys is now set to defaults. I restored everything back. This is how it was prior to all the testing (port forwarding, etc.)
Security: Firewall protection is enabled. Block Anonymous Internet Requests, Filter Multicast, Filter IDENT (Port 113) are all checked and on. Filter Internet NAT redirection is not checked.
Administration: UPnP is Enabled.
Applications & Gaming: No Port Forwarding, No Port Triggering, No DMZ, No QoS.
The one thing different in all this is the Modem. I am using a discontinued Westel Wirespeed model; A90-210015-04.
My son is using the same type Router (different version) but a different Westell modem (I don't know which yet) He has Version DSL. The Router is set to defaults like mine is now and we conference fine.
The DCCO who I use to video chat with but can not now, has had the Modem and the Router changed. They had an old Linksys A&G router and an old discontinued Westel Wirespeed model similar to mine (the model I don't know yet). Now they have a Linksys WRT54G ver. 2 and a Westell 2200 Modem/Router (set up as a modem only).
So I'm going to work on the Modem theory first at the DCCO. I'm going to try to put the old modem back and see if it works. I can only do this on Fridays when only one person is in the office. I can't shut them down to test this. So I'll get back to you after Friday.
Thanks again for your good and helpful suggestions.
Jim
Gee, I wish they would have left the spell checker in this forum.

How can i downgrade from iChat 5.0.3 to iChat 3.1.9 ??

I have a problem here in the office.
We have lots of Apple computers, come old as eMac 700Mhz to brand new iMac... of course MAC OS X system in them are 10.4.11 to 10.5.6
In most of them iChat is in version 3.1.9, but is a case there is a iChat 5.0.3 version!? ***!? That version seems to be incompatible with the rest as is unable to send files in chat, transmission starts but suddently crashes (Unable to recive file, transmission ended, probably had been canceled... or something like that).
I had been looking for iChat support but there is no way to downgrade the 5.0.3 iChat version to 3.1.9! Nor download only 3.1.9 to reinstall it!
I would apreciate any help, in how to downgrade or how to fix 5.0.3 file send incompatibility!
Thanks a lot.
B.

Hi,
Each version of iChat and in fact each version increment point is linked to a specific level of the OS.
Broadly speaking this means that iChat 3 will only run in Tiger (OS X 10.4.x)
iChat 3.1.9 is needed when the OS gets to OS X 10.4.11
The Increments come along with the OS Updates (Hence the need to use a Combo Installer after a reinstall to Update any Install Disk version of iChat to the current OS level).
iChat 4 goes with OS X 10.5
iChat 5 with Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.
Whilst support parts and apps are in similar places they are not all the same and not always in the same place. Again these are compatible with that OS and that iChat version.
That leaves getting them all to work together.
What sort of Screen Names or ID are you using ?
AIM logins (AIM, @mac.com or MobileMe valid names) are going to be best.
iCloud issued @mac.com names will not work in iChat 5 or lower (Only work in iChat 6 and Messages beta)
Various Jabber servers do have issues now and then even the GoogleTalk one.
If you are using an Apple Server and have iChat Server running then you may need to open the Jabber Proxy65 port (7777)
See this Document
If you have later Macs then go to the System Preferences > Security > Firewall tab and make sure iChat is listed in the items allowed (You may need to open the Advanced Button and Enable the "Allow Signed Software" option).
If you have earlier Macs with a System Preferences > Firewall items do this
Work the little arrows above the pics to move on to the next step.
Also make sure that these ports are open in your routing device.
Use UPnP if it has it.
IF it is An AIM login go to iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts
Deselect the "Use this Account" to Log Out (Account info tab)
Go to the Server Setting tab
Change the port to 443
Log back in again (Some Routers/Modems don't like Logging in and doing File Transfers on the same port (even though they are different Protocols. This moves the Login port.)
8:37 PM Saturday; April 14, 2012
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 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

IChat Bonjour on our network

Hi - I've asked this on the iChat support page and have been directed by an expert to this group.
We have two computers on the same wifi network (airport extreme) both running iChat 4.0.7 (616).
We can see each other on the iChat Bonjour list, but only one of us can initiate a chat. (p.s. Video chats don't work at all... but that's the least of my problems at the moment)
One user consistently gets the error that the other's computer "may be unreachable."
No sharing enabled on either computer.
iChat.app and iChatAgent allowing incoming connections in the Firewall.
We have completely different user names.
We do not appear as shares in the Finder sidebar.
Computer names are not the same.
Port Mapping Protocol is On.
The router is the Airport Extreme. I'm using an Airport Express in Bridge mode to extend the WDS network of the main Airport Extreme (configured in accordance with http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2044?viewlocale=en_US ). That's it for routers.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Check their computer Short Name, their Address book entry for themselves and if their Firewall is set to be On (And not Set to Allow Essentials in Leopard)
9:42 PM Monday; September 28, 2009

IChat Black screen on Windows XP with AIM 5.9

I am trying to chat with a mac to windows xp with AIM 5.9. I have iChat 3.1.9 (v446) on Tiger 10.4.11. I have turned off my firewall on my computer, running DMZ to my NAT IP and have opened all the necessary ports to my windows user in KY. When I initiate the chat, he can accept and I get the sound like he is going to pop up in my window but nothing happens. He says he gets a black sceen but says he is connected. What am I doing wrong?

Apple do have various Info articles.
First, they do list the Ports
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1507?viewlocale=en_US (Panther and Tiger) Old Article: 93208
They have one for Leopard http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306688 (that forgets to mention the Bonjour and Jabber Ports)
Tiger/iChat 3 Specs http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1771?viewlocale=en_US
Even iChat 2 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93245
Leopard/iChat 4 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2020?viewlocale=en_US
There is one on What is NAT http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58514
There is a starting point for many other articles http://www.apple.com/support/ichat/ Including iChat 101
Some articles are based on things discovered in these Forums
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301641 (Insufficient Bandwidth)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300501 (Helvetica Font turned Off)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93216 (Camera In Use...)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301668 (iChatAgent not Responding ...)
A search Using "More" on the iChat Support page lists 150 articles related to iChat/
But as you imply none of them are about Chatting to AIM users on a PC.
9:07 PM Monday; June 30, 2008

Ichat not communicating with google talk

My iChat suddenly stopped working with google talk with a message stating that "iChat can't communicate with the Jabber Account [email protected]: could not communicate to host xmpp.l.google.com". I have tried to delete my google acct and add it back in but with little success. Other things I have tried are changing the server settings, clicking the SSL box on and off, restarting my mac, and turning my Wifi off and on. I tried to open up the Jabber Account on my roommate's computer and it worked fine. It is unusual as my Jabber Account was working fine yesterday and then it suddenly stopped working. Please help!
Thank you!

While we all have MacBooks in this forum not all of us use iChat. There's an iChat Support Community where everybody uses iChat. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/applications/ichat

Messenger and ichat on the iphone. It is happening right now!!!!

I was very impressed by the fact that I can use my hotmail messenger and ichat on my iphone and chat away with my friends. It is completely perfect and I really think it was what was missing on the iphone.
For anyone who do not think is true go to:
http://www.meebo.com on the iphone and go to MSN for messenger or AIM for ichat.
You will love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes meebi works for a web based chat type service. It's still not true native iChat support on the iPhone. Which means the user has to go to Safari first rather than opening iChat right on the home screen. It's a nice "workaround" again for the iPhone.
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IChat AV, 10.4.9 Update and USB Camera

According to the following article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304821
the 10.4.9 update includes , "... iChat support for USB Video Class webcams."
I have a mac mini, with an Intel Core Duo and I want to use iChat AV. iSights are not available, unless I want to spend a fortune on eBay. I am not interested in downloading iChatUSB from ecamm. I beleive that the cameras have to support USB Video Class. Info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USBvideo_deviceclass
Please let me (us) know what cameras you have tried and found to have worked well for iChat AV without installing third party software. Right now I am leaning towards the Logitech Quickcam Fusion. Any thoughts everyone?
Thanks,
Greg
PowerBook G4, 1.33 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 GB RAM
PowerBook G4, 1.33 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1 GB RAM

Hi
See this thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=888035&tstart=125
Tony

How can i get started with iChat

How can I get to talk to a friend who uses @mac.com if I log in with my gmail account?

While we all have MacBooks in this forum not all of us use iChat. There's a iChat Support Community where everybody uses iChat. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/applications/ichat

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