Strange Facetime situation

Hello everyone.
So my gf bought her factory unlocked iphone 4, and we have been trying out facetime quite alot lately. And we noticed a strange situation and it seems very consistent.
Whenever I call her FaceTime from my MBP Pro (Beta version of facetime), I ALWAYS have to call her twice to get the video thru. The first time I called, we can only get voice, and I have to immediately hang up and call back to get the video part. Vice and versa.
Does any of you have this problem?
What gives?
Thanks
iphone 4, iOS 4.3.3

I'm not, but the FaceTime beta for the Mac is obsolete. Why beat your head against the wall troubleshooting it when it may be fixed in the current version?

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