ISight with Yahoo

does anyone have any pointers on using my isight with yahoo and MSN messenger? when I use it the picture received at the other end is always dark yet on my screen it looks fine. the room is always well lit with a ceiling light and two side lamps - one on either side. but still my family complain that the picture is too dark and they can't see me. what can I do? are there any settings/ brightness I can adjust? I'm using it on a G4 powerbook. my family all use PC's. thanks and best wishes,
Owen.

First, Test your iSight to determine whether it is working correctly with any software. If iSight works correctly with Apple software, then your problem is with to Yahoo! Messenger for Mac (YM) rather than with your iSight.
If your iSight works properly, you might consider these tips for Improving Your iSight's Picture.
Video requires much more light than most people consider bright room lighting. However, if your iSight works well with Apple Software, you can try deleting the YM preferences from your UserName/Library/Preferences folder. Here is how to delete the preferences:• Quit YM.
• Delete the "com.yahoo.Messenger.plist"
• Delete every "com.yahoo.Messenger.Users. yourYM_userName.plist" file. There will be one "yourYM_userName" .plist file for each YM screen name that you have established. Your camera settings are saved in each "yourYM_userName" .plist file, so all of them must be deleted.
• Restart YM
• Set your preferences again.
• Test YM to see if it is working correctly.If YM still does not work, download and install the free trial version of iGlasses. iGlasses will allow you to manually set your iSight's brightness (and several other) settings, If it does what you need pay its modest price. Otherwise, uninstall it as instructed to avoid Possible software conflicts.
You can find other users' experience with iSight problems and fixes by searching "iSight Discussions for Yahoo".
Please let us know how you get it working.
Cheers,
Jim

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Welcome to Apple discussions, DualOSuser
I no longer use YM in any OS, so I have no problems with it.
If your only problem is with Yahoo video, have you checked a Yahoo Help search like this one? Yahoo should be able to give you the best help either to tell you how to make their software work with your system or to tell you the limitations of their software.
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Hello Alefiyah,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Grant it right. No video in MSN for Mac.
If you are interested, see the MSN, Yahoo, Win Messengers & iChat? FAQ for info on how to use iChat AV with MSN Messenger for text chat.
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<small>EZ Jim</small>
(P.S. You really
b should
update to 10.4.2. It correct several issues with the previous Tiger versions. I suggest the 58 MB Mac OS X Update 10.4.2 Combo. I also suggest that you repair permissions
b before AND after
the update. See Gulliver's Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System maintenance FAQ for why.)

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Original
kisight: FAQ 1: Want to Test your iSight With Another Person?
Suitable for iChat 2.x and iChat 3
This FAQ follows on from EZ Jim's "How To Ensure Your iSight Is Functional"
Testing with Another User
This FAQ presumes you have done the preliminary tests in EZ Jim's FAQ and can see yourself in the Preview windows of iChat.
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Other people put their details in their Apple profiles which you can see by clicking on their name on the left of any post.
Please be aware of Time Zone differences.
Current Known test users (Be polite and Text a request first).
Rather than post iChat names on a page that could possibly be trawled for info, I linked the list to peoples profiles.
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John Holt In Austailia.
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The Links are to prevent Trawling.
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1) Double click the green camera icon next to the person's name in your Buddy list
2) Click the person's name once in the Buddy list and use the icon at the bottom of the Buddy List
3) Click the person's name once and use the Buddies menu items.
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Original
kisight: FAQ 1: Want to Test your iSight With Another Person?
Suitable for iChat 2.x and iChat 3
This FAQ follows on from EZ Jim's "How To Ensure Your iSight Is Functional"
Testing with Another User
This FAQ presumes you have done the preliminary tests in EZ Jim's FAQ and can see yourself in the Preview windows of iChat.
If your iSight works and you want to test your ability to connect iChat AV for instant messaging, see the iChat AV FAQs for further help.
Apple runs three AIM names:-
appleu3test01,
appleu3test02 and
appleu3test03 are available as Autoresponders. (They answer your call and start to show Video (adverts).
They will accept invites from iChat 2.x, iChat 3, the AIM application on a PC and Trillian also on a PC.
See Table 1 here for clarity
In Addition to these there are several people who post regularly in the iChat and iSight discussion areas who may offer their help. See the list below.
Other people put their details in their Apple profiles which you can see by clicking on their name on the left of any post.
Please be aware of Time Zone differences.
Current Known test users (Be polite and Text a request first).
Rather than post iChat names on a page that could possibly be trawled for info, I linked the list to peoples profiles.
Ralph Johns (UK) See under "Biography" in new Discussions Profile. Using Tiger (iChat 3 Panther at 10.3.9 possible still) Can also host 4 ways
EZ Jim By invite on the Boards only
Defcom (UK) From New Disussion Profile. Using Tiger (iChat 3)
Ryan Mathus New DIscussion Profile. Maryland.
ChrisBel New Discussions. Please note the @mac reference (Paris).
James A. Weston New Discussions Profile. California (Please Text first. Has PCs and Macs. Mac on Tiger and an Intel Mac.
Jeremy Varner Pennsylvania On Tiger
John Holt In Austailia.
See More about their Whereabouts and abilities to test here in Table 2
The people who have offered to be testers have put their iChat details in their profiles.
The Links are to prevent Trawling.
From there you can copy and paste them into the Add Buddy set up screens to put them in your Buddy list. Please note you need to select the correct account type when adding a Buddy.
To start a chat can be done in four ways.
1) Double click the green camera icon next to the person's name in your Buddy list
2) Click the person's name once in the Buddy list and use the icon at the bottom of the Buddy List
3) Click the person's name once and use the Buddies menu items.
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