IChat video chat not working

Question

I am using iChat v 4.0.9 . I am using OS X 10.5.8
I have used video chat with no problems until today. I can only audio chat. I get a message saying "this Computer does not support video conferencing." I can use my iSight find in photo booth. I do not have internet sharing enabled. The bandwidth limit is greyed out under my iChat preferences along with Automatically open iChat when external camera is turned on. I saw on one forum to delete an ichat file in the USB folder (?) -- I am at a loss. Any assistance would be appreciated. ~ K

Answer 1

sleepholow wrote:
I am using iChat v 4.0.9 . I am using OS X 10.5.8
I have used video chat with no problems until today. I can only audio chat. I get a message saying "this Computer does not support video conferencing." I can use my iSight find in photo booth. I do not have internet sharing enabled. The bandwidth limit is greyed out under my iChat preferences along with Automatically open iChat when external camera is turned on. I saw on one forum to delete an ichat file in the USB folder (?) -- I am at a loss. Any assistance would be appreciated. ~ K
Welcome to Discussions, sleepholow
Have you tried shutting everything down and restarting your modem, router (if you use one), and Mac in that order? Let each self-test complete before restarting the next device. A modem/router restart usually restores iChat video for me without need for other action.
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