ISight/streaming noob question

I recently downloaded Iris Beta (http://www.mildmanneredindustries.com/iris/) and have a question. This could be Iris-specific, but I'm guessing it's just my basic ignorance.
I set up the built-in iSight on my MacBook Pro to stream with built-in iChat http streaming over my home network, using server push. The address is my IP and a listen port that I indicated (xxx.xxx.x.xxx:xxxx). It worked fine on a Windows box in Firefox but nothing is coming up at work. Can I only view the stream on my home network? I've set my MacBook Pro to only sleep the display. I've tried other browsers, QuickTime, and VLC, but I'm only getting timeouts. I don't know if this means anything, but I pinged the address and it came back fine.
Thanks in advance.

You're welcome, Paul
In case your problem is really a networking issue, I checked PortForward.com (my usual source of info on the topic of port configuration.) However, with the Iris software you have selected being so new and in beta, I was not surprised that I could not find it there.
As a test, you might want to try unplugging Airport Express and connecting your Mac to your Linksys router via ethernet cable. WDS range extension can sometime slow data-streams enough that the software, particularly software requiring as much bandwidth as many video apps, will not work because its minimum bandwidth requirement is no longer met. If your system works when you are bypassing the AE, this might the case with Iris and your system.
I hope you get timely answers from Iris. At this state of development, I really think your help about Iris will need to come from the developer unless another beta tester has cracked the problem. I think you will have a much better chance of finding such a tester at the Iris Support Forum than in Apple Discussions.
From my quick look, most of the functions other than motion detection and webcam offered by Iris duplicate those of reliable and well-documented Apple software that came with your MacBook Pro.
I do not know how committed you are to working with the Iris software. If you cannot get Iris working in a reasonable time, and if the functions you need that are not bundled with your Mac are motion detection or webcam, you might want to consider some of the applications that offer webcam, motion detection, or Nanny cam capability from the list at Some Applications You Can Use With iSight as alternatives to Iris, at least until Iris is better developed and supported.
Perhaps you are enjoying the challenge of beta testing Iris. In that case, kudos to you. The Iris development team will be pleased that you have reported your problem, whether the issue is a real functional problem or merely one of a need for improved documentation.
Please let us know if you need more info before you can mark this topic "Answered."
Cheers,
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) G5 DP 1.8 External iSight

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Re: Noob Question Re: Encoding to DVD
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Jbowden,
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I see them in the precomp but not in the main time.
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:11:50 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Noob Question - PreComp Layers and Effects
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