Says my computer does not support video conferencing?

Just recently whenever i tried to do video chats it tells me my computer does not support video conferencing? How can i fix this?

In the Video Menu open the Connection Doctor and go to the Capabilities tab.
This may give you more info about which things iChat currently thinks it can do and will tell you why It thinks it can not do certain things.
If it says Low Bandwidth against some items you will need to do as Defcom says and alter the Quicktime > Streaming speed (System Preferences > Quicktime > Streaming) to 1.5Mbps and restart iChat to see the new Speed.
Also check in iChat menu > Preferences > Video section that the Bandwidth Limit drop down is not set too low. (Ideally here it should be set to NONE unless you are Comcast or Road Runner) Certainly don't use 100kbps.
8:50 PM Thursday; December 4, 2008

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Hi, I'm on a MacBook late '08 and my pal has some earlier macbook.
We are on each other's bonjour list. The problem is that sometimes we can have a video conference no problem, and at other, random times, the option is grayed out, and if I go to preferences, the iSight green light goes on, but the window says my computer does not support video chatting, and that's the end of the story. How do I troubleshoot that? Thanks.

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In the 5 years since iChat 2 came on the scene I have only managed 3 Video chats with people on Satellite connections.
The Issue is the time it takes to bounce the Signal Up and back to the Host server.
When you send for a Web page you send little data packets of requests.
Your computer does not send the next until the first is acknowledged.
It tends to improve once it is started and you may notice any downloads you do seem to get faster the longer they are going.
iChat requires for Video chat that the packets are almost Instantly responded to/acknowledged and most domestic modems do not do this.
Some commercial servers provide a Buffer at one end or the other that acts like the acknowledgement was sent speeding up the process and effectively getting the fastest service you can get out of the connection.
Speed testing your Connection tends to take long enough for the Acknowledgement issue to be reduced and will tell you the max speed you will possibly get
http://www.speedtest.net/ but not the start up speed.
With some services you can pay for the Buffering (I forget the actual name for it)
More http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SatelliteInternetaccess
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Hi,
In iChat open the Connection Doctor (Video menu) and the the Capabilities option
Are all items showing Green ?
Try restarting iChat (It re-reads the computers Ability at each launch)
If that does not work try restarting the Computer.
Make sure that in iChat menu > Preference > Video Section the Bandwidth Limit is not set to 100kbps (this is too Low for 1-1 video chats)
Do a Speed test
"Real World" speeds need at least 256kbps both up and down.
Check the System Profiler is "seeing" the camera.
It will be in Hardware > USB
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Greetz

After searching the support communities i found this and it worked!!!
Try:
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Open Terminal (it's in the Utilities folder, in the Applications folder).
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defaults write com.apple.iChat newbwdup 300000
Press Return.
Quit Terminal.
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