Using web cam with skype but not receiving image from PC

I've just downloaded skype and asked my son to do the same as we got nowhere with messenger, in the hope to be able to chat to him and see each other. He can see me but I cannot see him and his webcam says "error in trying to connect to ...'. Is this something to do with his webcam or the fact that I am using a Mac?

Check with the folks at Skype.

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See this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5306216?tstart=0
FIX:
1. You need Time Machine
2. Go to folder /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/
3. Copy AppleCamera.plugin to good place (usb memory stick is the best place).
4. Go to Time machine in date that skype work fine.
5. Change AppleCamera.plugin with file from Time Machine
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It works great with the new Yahoo Messenger.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/
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Using Web camera with Yahoo

My granddaughter and her children wants us to get on line with our WEB cameras so that we can talk. She uses Yahoo and sent me an invite to join her group, which I did. Last night we went on line and I could access her on camera, but she could not access me.
After reading everything, and looking at the FAQ it appears that I must take steps to set up a web camera program. I would like to use the in line sight camera that is part of this computer, also a part of the lap top. I have not been able to find the instructions on how to make the camera active for web chatting with the Yahoo program.
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Hello Fred,
Judging by the Yahoo! Messenger for Mac page, it doesn't appear that you can talk and use the video at the same time:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/webcam/
"A webcam (web camera) allows you to share live video images of yourself (or things near you) while you are instant messaging with a friend..."
Instant messaging being the same thing as text typing to each other. If you want to have a true video chat with your granddaughter, you would both be best off using [Skype|www.skype.com].

Web cams in IE but not firefox

The Hogs Breath Saloon web cam wont run on FireFox4. It runs on the older version no problem.
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There are a couple issues here that might be the culprit. One is that the player is hidden using a variety of techniques and Firefox often suppresses hidden content because it can be annoying not to be able to control your experience with media. Another possible issue is that the embed tag doesn't specify a content type. Firefox appears to be guessing anyway, and in my case asking whether to activate the QuickTime plugin, but then nothing plays.
To test what would happen if both of those were addressed, you can run this script using Firefox's Web Console. It grabs the address of the media and creates a new embed that is visible and specifies the content type. Here's how to use it:
Select the following long line of code and copy it:
function reEmbedMpeg(em){var el=document.createElement("embed"); el.setAttribute("type","audio/mpeg"); el.setAttribute("src",em.src); el.setAttribute("style","height:20px;width:200px;position:fixed;right:0;top:0"); document.body.appendChild(el);} reEmbedMpeg(document.querySelector("embed"));
When viewing the problem page, press Ctrl+Shift+k to open the Web Console in the lower part of the tab.
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I read recently that these USB video class devices now all work with OS X (though perhaps only with 10.4.10 or later) without the need for any software to make them work in iChat and PhotoBooth and apps like that.
Of those cameras it seemed to me that the Microsoft Xbox Live Vision was both the cheapest and best looking so I bought one.
It works perfectly and quite surprisingly doesn't look too bad either (the 'XBOX 360' logo is almost invisible). I was hoping to get a real iSight and was even prepared to pay the $300 they seem to go for these days but at the time I decided to get one I couldn't find any on Ebay or Amazon. I'd recommend the Xbox camera, it's easily good enough.
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Airport Express works with Skype but not with internet

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I recently bought some new Airport Express' for my company. However, when plugging it in we seemingly get full access, but only Skype seems to work. If I do a search on the internet it can sometimes look like it find the address after a long while, but don't manage to open the page. E.g. writing www.google.com in the search field doesn't give access to that page.
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1. My Airports worked fine when home, but not at work.
2. Checking the LAN DNS addresses I received three addresses. 2 in the 158.xx... range and one in the 129.xxx... range.
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(Byte Array #3, Length 16)
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may you can help?!
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When I disconnect my new Apogee Ensemble the iSight is working.
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nils wrote:
Hi there,
may you can help?!
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Welcome to Discussions, nils
(1) External iSight can be difficult to use with other Firewire devices or certain AV software.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=605949
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http://tinyurl.com/2aetb5s
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Thanks!
Message was edited by: Hagenaer

Thanks for your reply, DigiAngel.
DSL modems differ from cable modems as far as I understand. Where DSL modems are actually routers capable of NAT/DHCP, cable modems are just a network interface/brigde and can't do any of that. So it should pass the external IP to the computer. I'm writing on a laptop with the cable modem directly plugged into it, and it picked up the external IP etc. near instantly. The mac mini did the same before I ran the NAT setup assistant. I believe it picked it up once after that, but never since.
I had done a clean install, had the ethernet plugged into its internal ethernet port (en0) and was able to download all the system updates. Then plugged in the USB ethernet, I'm pretty sure it still picked up the IP there. Ran the NAT setup assistant and can't get anything to work anymore. Even with all services switched off.
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