Video chat Question

I have one computer with a camera, and another without. Is it possible for one computer to see video, and other just to have audio?
Also, sometimes I can do an audio chat and other times it gives me an error. Can anyone please shed some light on this?
Thanks, Hector
powerBook G4 1.67 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Just to clarify on one-way chatting, this is very easy to do but Apple has carefully hidden it away to make iChat simpler to use.
Just choose a buddy from your buddy list, and then choose "Invite To One-Way Video Chat" from the "Buddies" top menu. If the option is not available, it means that the other person is not capable of receiving video from you.

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Gah! Another Mac -- PC Video Chat question

Diagnosing the following:
A = AIM 6.8, Windows XP
B = iChat 4.0.5 (608)
C = iChat 4.0.7
A <--> B no problems video chat
B <--> C " "
A <--> C argh!
No connection can be established between A & C. As a quick work-around, C downloaded AIM 6.8 for PC onto a virtual PC (is that what it's called when a Mac runs Windows?). Then, A --> C video & audio, and A <-- C audio only, no video.
A downloaded AIM 5.9. Still no connection established with C.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
-BW

HI,
EZ Jim (Another Level 4) once ran a Blog on iSight of which I now have a copy and keep somewhat updated.
The Page on this topic is Here
It contains the Quote that is linked to Above (In the "Welcome to Apple Discussions" post)
The whole page dates back to iChat 2 and using AIM 5.5 and AIM 5.9 in some cases.
At one time EZ Jim and I were answering a lot of Posts with "What If your Girlfriend Lives a Long Way Away" sorts of Questions.
This page contains two posts that have been somewhat edited to show Updates.
The first is from EZ Jim and covers all the things that should be done (although somewhat from an iChat 3ish starting point to AIM 5.9(ish) on XP)
The Second post is by another former Regular Poster, James A.Weston who posted on how to allow non Microsoft apps through the then new XP Service Pack 2 Firewall.
It now contains updates to refer to AIM 6.x
I run XP in Boot Camp.
I have a version of AIM for PCs at version 6.1
For me this works.
For my view point the AIM site then brought out AIM 6.5 next.
In the first link the EZ Jim page contains link to a site that you can download older versions of AIM for the PC from.
I have not tried some of these others.
Some I have not even seen posts here about either so I am not sure all were on General Release.
The Summary so far is.
Vista can only install an Version of AIM that uses the Real Time Codecs (AIM 6.5 and AIM 6.8 as far as we can tell)
The Real Time Codecs will not allow these versions of AIM to Video chat with Older versions of AIM (5.5 and 5.9 for certain) - or iChat on a Mac or Trillian (An AIM client for PCs) that all use the same or compatible codecs from the AIM 5.5 to AIM 5.9 (iChat 2,3 and 4)
Other Options.
This pages state a list of apps subdivided into various groups based on function.
Other Applictaions
The Panel on the left lists the items/apps
The Panel on the right give a bit more info
For Example 1-3 are text based only Third Party IM apps that in some case have Multiple service capabilities
4 Is AIM for Mac on its Own
5 through 8 are other apps that can video and need both ends to get their own Versions (Cross Platform Apps)
9 through 12 are Web browser base sites that do Video Chat by Allowing Flash access to the Camera (It is effectively a Cross Platform Solution)
13 Specifically mentions Trillian as an Alternative to PC users.
I have not heard whether this can be installed on Vista.
Triilian does for PC users what AdiumX and ProteusX do for Macs but does Video chats with the various services as well. (although not cross service chats (MSN to Jabber say) )
14 and 15 are the closest anyone has got to doing Video (No Audio) to an MSN Buddy.
Summary of Other Options.
It is a question of Cross Platform Apps or Web browser based options.
(Unfortunately NOT iChat)
In some areas of this I do not yet have complete info about things like Trillian on Vista for example.
Notes.
My G4/1Ghz Dual processor was bought in 2001 an came with Jaguar and OS 9 Installed.
It is currently running Leopard at 10.5.6
It will and does run PhotoShop CS.
This length of life it not likely to be found on PCs and therefore AIM may not have any real plans to get AIM 6.8+ to work with the Older versions of AIM, despite what the "What do I need for Real Time" message says.
So, Yes, I have some Info on this.
I hope this summary of what it contains helps
9:25 PM Wednesday; March 25, 2009
I must put in
I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

IChat Video Chat Question

I was wondering if anyone knows its possible that when you are having a video chat through ichat instead of seeing the screen with you and your friend to only have the screen show your friend and remove the small box where I would appear.

When your in a video chat go to.

A (hopefully) simple video chat connection question

Hey all. This forum is quite helpful - thanks.
My question is:
I am in Texas, my boss is in Montana. We both have 10.4.3 and supposedly broadband connections. We have been unable to make a video iChat connection. Each of us, independently, can connect with the test user, appleu3test03, but we cannot connect with each other. We get what seems to be a standard error message, that the invitation to chat was declined or not responded to (when we know that is not in fact the case).
Since we can connect with the test user, is it safe to assume that our problem is not related to routers and firewalls and NAT and ports, or should I still endeavor to talk him through configuring his router up in Montana?
Thanks again for the help. I hate to make another post on a common problem, but I could not find an answer to this specific question on the forum.
PB 15" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

An Update:
Tony was kind enough to help us diagnose. Both my boss and I could independently video chat with Tony. Also, with Tony hosting, we participated in a three-way video chat. All seemed great. However, my boss and I still cannot video chat with each other, no matter who initiates the chat.
Tony suggested a router issue; the firmware on my end is up-to-date. We're checking with the Boss's system, but as his router is new I'm not hopeful that a firmware update will fix things. I would think that if our problem had to do with firewalls or ports or the like we would not have been able to do any chatting, but I do not know.
So, if anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate them. Our current theory is bandwidth-related. Both the boss and I can video chat with the test and with Tony. Both the test and Tony have large bandwidth on their respective ends. Assuming both my boss and I have marginal bandwidth, would it be possible that when conferencing with a large-bandwidth person everything works, but the marginal-to-marginal conference cannot cut it?
Thanks again.
Rob

Question for Ralph Johns, recording video chat?

Ralph,
I noticed that on one of the thread you said that you could record video chat using Quicktime pro. How do you do that, I have been looking and looking on the ichat pref and quicktime pro pref menu, can't seem to see how to setup recording of ichat????
Thanks

Hi Fredericlang,
Sorry my fault. I was partially remembering some of the work by EZ Jim who used to post here and who has given me a copy of his Blog. http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/EZJim/EZJimpage7.html
Quicktime Pro does not record the Desktop.
2:15 PM Saturday; October 14, 2006

Once and for all: MSN VIDEO chat on the mac... can it work?

the situation: my friend in France uses an msn account on a PC with the latest version of windows live or some such. I'm in the states on my blackbook. I set up a shiny new msn account, hoping to connect up to him. I've tried adium, msn mac, mercury, and ichat, and nothing will let me connect to his cam, or him to mine.
so here's the golden question: can a mac user, as of right now, video chat with a PC user through the MSN network? if so, and if this is a waste of a new post, please direct me to the instructions. please do not tell us to sign up for AIM accounts, like I saw in another post.
if it's not possible, please explain why not. is it microsoft's msn client for the mac that's about 3 versions behind the pc one? is it a protocol issue? why is this so impossible? is it a social thing, i.e. europeans use msn and PCs and americans use AIM/yahoo and macs? I'm baffled.

It IS possible for a Mac user to do video with people using MSN/Windows Live messenger on Windows, but not possible to do audio.
To do video you will need either Mercury or aMSN. I haven't used either of these, and wouldn't touch the MSN service with a barge-pole, so can't give instructions on how to set it up, but both of them do have video capabilities. As i said though, neither do audio, so unless both participants know sign-language it may be of limited use.
The reason why it is not possible is both a protocol issue and a Microsoft one.
MSN uses secret, proprietary protocols for their service which means that anyone wanting to interoperate with the service has to reverse engineer the protocols and then implement them (and Microsoft can of course move the goal posts at any time by changing the protocols in a new version).
It's a Microsoft problem because they simply aren't interested in developing no cost applications for the Mac, as evidenced by the dropping of both IE and Windows Media Player for OS X (it wouldn't surprise me if Messenger gets dropped by the end of the year), so MSN Messenger lags well behind the Windows version and lacks many of its features.
The situation with MSN/Windows Live Messenger is unlikely to change until Microsoft switches to the IETF standard for IM, XMPP. It may be years before Microsoft switches but it will have to eventually as XMPP is the daddy in enterprise IM and becoming increasingly popular in the consumer space with services such as Google Talk, Gizmo (IM portion) and Live Journal (among thousands of others) utilising it.
Fortunately iChat already supports XMPP (Jabber) for IM, although doesn't yet use the XMPP standards for video or audio (though i'm still hopeful this will change with Leopard), so once MS switches you should be able to set it up in iChat. But like i said, it may take years before all the major IM companies converge on XMPP as the protocol of choice.
Anyway, if you're just interested in video AND audio chats between Windows and Mac OS X you don't have a lot of choices. There's the AIM/Trillian Pro <-> iChat route that you don't want to take, there's the Skype route (much as i loath Skype) which seems to be the preferred option among other forum posters here, and there are a few other alternatives too which i haven't paid much attention too, but there is currently NO way to do both video AND audio between Mac OS X and Windows using MSN/Windows Live.
Or i suppose you could wait for Leopard and hope that Apple provides MSN functionality but i suspect you'd be disappointed.
Not the answer you were looking for i'm afraid but i hope my post helps you find an alternative solution. Don't forget to send feedback to Microsoft and demand they switch to XMPP in MSN/Windows Live Messenger. The more requests the better. ^_^

Screen Sharing and video chats don't work

I've been searching this forum for awhile and I haven't found a concrete answer to my problem, so if this question has been answered please excuse me. Ok, So here's my situation am running iChat on Mac OS 10.5.1. Whenever I am using my laptop at my school on the network their, I am able to use both screen sharing and video chat. But when I am at home, I am unable to use either one. It begins to try to start the session, but then i receive a message that tells me that a connection could not be established. I know that I have internet access, but I don't know what could be wrong with it.

After investing far to long in looking at this exact issue on my end, reading the seemingly endless threads on the exact same error, trying all the various tweeks and QT settings, bandwidth limit settings, etc etc. proposed here, I have now solved this problem, and the none of the above were part of the solution.
I have perhaps one of the the most common routers on the market, Linksys WRT54GL.
In a totally unrelated network problem (a printing issue), Linksys tech support advised me to reset my router. There is a small button on the bottom. I depressed it for 30 seconds. Rebooted everything and my printer miraculously worked. Yea, I had to reenter my WAP passkey, router admin password etc., but that took 2 secs. So, what does this have to do with iChat?.... The very next time I tried iChat video and turned on and enabled my camera, the recipient immedialty saw me. No connection error.
Problem solved, for me art least. Not sure if anyone has tried this, but makes sooooo much more sense than the other unApple like suggestions I previous tried. Hope this helps.

PlayBook Contact & Calendar Sync/Video Chat - can't get them to work

I love my PlayBook ((OS 2.1.0.1088) and as a BB9790 user had never bothered to try to use native contacts/calendar applications until recently when a couple of relatives bought PBs and asked me questions. I have a number of GMail accounts which work brilliantly for mail receiving and sending on the PB, but have failed totally to get contacts and calendar to sync despite selecting that option for one of these. In desparation created a new Hotmail account, imported some key Outlook contacts and tried to sync them with my PB. Nothing. If I try to create a new contact I always get the message after tapping to enter the contact information: "Application was interrupted. Please close and open it again to continue." If I do that and restart contacts, nothing changes. I tried deleting all my email accounts and starting again with a GMail as the primary email with sync for contacts and calendar, but the problem persists. This also impacts Video Chat as it uses the same contact application so is unusable. If I search Contacts it appears to do a remote lookup but never finds any contacts.
The Calendar application when opened just shows the Calendar app icon in the top left corner with 31 and no calendar. Swiping down to show the settings, indicates 3 GMail calendars from different accounts are in place and if I press refresh it suggests a sync is taking place but no calendar framework ever appears, let alone entries.
Would appreciate any suggestions as I have read all the related PB contacts' forums which haven't offered a solution to this particular issue. Thanks

Hey Canadauk,
Please contact the BlackBerry® PlayBook support team regarding this issue for further investigation, contact information can be found here:
http://us.blackberry.com/legal/blackberry-playbook-complimentary-support-plan-terms-and-conditions.h...
Thanks.
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Audio/Video Chat not working

Okay, this is the question to end all questions. The one that stumps everyone, but I would really like an answer.
Okay, so here is the problem. On iChat, I am unable to do Audio and video chats. Whether it be from a .Mac account or from an AIM account, it doesn't work.
Here is what I have done to narrow down the possibilities a lot. I am running the newest iChat.
1. I have tried without a router (Even though it is an Apple Router)
2. I have tried without software firewalls in addition to router.
3. I have done hardwired and WiFi.
4. I recently noticed this when I switched ISPs. It says insufficient bandwidth despite the fact that my new ISP is 2x faster.
5. I have tried multiple machines and cameras.
6. Skype video and audio chat work fine.
7. I have changed the ports so I know that the ports aren't being blocked.
8. I have contacted my ISP and they said that iChat should work fine.
9. I have deleted the .plist file so that I can restore to factory defaults.
10. I have created guest account to use iChat to lower the chance of conflicting software.
11. I have set Quicktime's streaming limit to "no limit" or what ever was the highest.
I probably have tried a million other things, but under the above circumstances, it still doesn't work.
Here is the report I get when trying to connect on a MacBook over WiFI. I can also get the PowerMac G5 one if necessary.
Date/Time: 2007-08-21 14:50:59.828 -0700
OS Version: 10.4.9 (Build 8P2137)
Report Version: 4
iChat Connection Log:
AVChat started with ID 2156401904.
[email protected]: State change from AVChatNoState to AVChatStateWaiting.
0x15d292a0: State change from AVChatNoState to AVChatStateInvited.
0x15d292a0: State change from AVChatStateInvited to AVChatStateConnecting.
[email protected]: State change from AVChatStateWaiting to AVChatStateConnecting.
0x15d292a0: State change from AVChatStateConnecting to AVChatStateEnded.
Chat ended with error -22
[email protected]: State change from AVChatStateConnecting to AVChatStateEnded.
Chat ended with error -22
Video Conference Error Report:
@SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[BYE sip:[email protected]:5061 SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP u0exte.0;branch=z9hG4bK1e2cf615640b3b39
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
From: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 2 BYE
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 200 OK
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK5a7310015d3a79a0;received=208.127.4.208
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 3 NOTIFY
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@:0 type=4 (00000000/0)
[VCBANDWIDTH_DETECTIONFAILURE]
[20]
@SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 200 OK
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK5494ebe44e932dc8;received=208.127.4.208
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 2 NOTIFY
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[SUBSCRIBE sip:[email protected]:5061 SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP u0exte.0;branch=z9hG4bK4afacf2129fb514b
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
From: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 1 SUBSCRIBE
Contact: <sip:[email protected]>
Event: conference
Expires: 3600
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 200 OK
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK2cbfec0a5bd0e39c;received=208.127.4.208
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Contact: <sip:[email protected]>
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Type: application/sdp
Content-Length: 426
[v=0
o=bradleymuro 0 0 IN IP4 u0exte.0
[email protected]
c=IN IP4 u0exte.0
b=AS:2147483647
t=0 0
a=hwi:1056:2:2160
a=bandwidthDetection:YES
a=iChatEncryption:NO
m=audio 16386 RTP/AVP 12
a=rtcp:16387
a=rtpID:1882716275
m=video 16384 RTP/AVP 126
a=rtcp:16385
a=rtpmap:126 X-H264
a=RTCP:AUDIO 16387 VIDEO 16385
a=fmtp:126 imagesize 0 rules 20:640:480:640:480
a=framerate:20
a=rtpID:-1055247342
@SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 180 Ringing
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK2cbfec0a5bd0e39c;received=208.127.4.208
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Contact: <sip:[email protected]>
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 100 Trying
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK2cbfec0a5bd0e39c;received=208.127.4.208
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 1 INVITE
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
Video Conference Support Report:
@SIP/Transport.c:1218 type=1 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 481 Call Leg/Transaction Does Not Exist
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP u0exte.0;branch=z9hG4bK1e2cf615640b3b39
To: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
From: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 2 BYE
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:1218 type=1 (00000000/0)
[NOTIFY sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK5a7310015d3a79a0
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 3 NOTIFY
Contact: <sip:[email protected]:5061>;isfocus
Event: conference
Subscription-State: terminated;reason=noresource
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:1218 type=1 (00000000/0)
[NOTIFY sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK5494ebe44e932dc8
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 2 NOTIFY
Contact: <sip:[email protected]:5061>;isfocus
Event: conference
Subscription-State: active;expires=3600
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Type: application/conference-info+xml
Content-Length: 220
<c-i v="0" st="f" en="sip:[email protected]:5061">
c<h>i</h><m t="a"/><m t="v"/>
c<h>o</h><m t="a"/><m t="v"/>
</c-i>
@SIP/Transport.c:1218 type=1 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 200 OK
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP u0exte.0;branch=z9hG4bK4afacf2129fb514b
To: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
From: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 1 SUBSCRIBE
Contact: <sip:[email protected]:5061>;isfocus
Expires: 3600
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:1218 type=1 (00000000/0)
[ACK sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK6ab720341e388f7b
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=998616497
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 1 ACK
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
@SIP/Transport.c:1218 type=1 (00000000/0)
[INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.0.1.194:5061;branch=z9hG4bK2cbfec0a5bd0e39c
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]:5061>;tag=913373313
Call-ID: 910cc3d6-5030-11dc-90d2-809940ac13c5@lip
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Contact: <sip:[email protected]:5061>;isfocus
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Type: application/sdp
Content-Length: 490
v=0
o=Debbie 0 0 IN IP4 m.0
[email protected]
c=IN IP4 m.0
b=AS:2147483647
t=0 0
a=hwi:1028:2:2000
a=bandwidthDetection:YES
a=iChatEncryption:YES
m=audio 0 RTP/AVP 12 3 0
a=rtpmap:3 GSM/8000
a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
a=rtpID:-871711246
m=video 0 RTP/AVP 126 34
a=rtpmap:126 X-H264/90000
a=rtpmap:34 H263/90000
a=fmtp:34 imagesize 1 rules 30:352:288
a=framerate:20
a=RTCP:AUDIO 0 VIDEO 0
a=pogo
a=fmtp:126 imagesize 0 rules 20:640:480:640:480
a=rtpID:650540419
@:0 type=2 (00000000/48)
[VCVIDEO_OUTGOINGATTEMPT]
[4]
Video Conference User Report:
Binary Images Description for "iChat":
0x1000 - 0x17dfff com.apple.iChat 3.1.8 (445) /Applications/iChat.app/Contents/MacOS/iChat
0x14d89000 - 0x14d92fff com.apple.IOFWDVComponents 1.9.0 /System/Library/Components/IOFWDVComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/IOFWDVComp onents
0x14f21000 - 0x14f5dfff com.apple.QuickTimeFireWireDV.component 7.1.5 /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeFireWireDV.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTim eFireWireDV
0x14f69000 - 0x14f99fff com.apple.QuickTimeIIDCDigitizer 7.1.5 /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeIIDCDigitizer.component/Contents/MacOS/Quick TimeIIDCDigitizer
0x14fa3000 - 0x14fdffff com.apple.QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer 1.7.5 /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component/Contents/MacOS/Qui ckTimeUSBVDCDigitizer
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If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it as I have been working on this for a long time.
Or, if anyone knows of another chat program that can do video chat with iChat for the Mac, as Adium will not do it.
Message was edited by: Mitchell Friedlaender

Hi stevesol,
It is not so much a problem with iChat as a problem with the vast options there are in Networking.
In your case your Audio connection points to the fact that the ports needed for iChat are open. Video and Audio chats use the same ports.
He may have a good connection speed but the the other people on his Network at his end will divide that up into Bandwidth.
Think of it like a Highway with three lanes. When it is empty you can go as fast as you want. When there are more people it all slows down, sometimes to a crawl.
Audio chats will work at Dial-up speeds. (upto about 50kbps)
Video chats need 100kbps minimum.
Now in some Universities/Colleges in the States as Students effectively pay to go, they get regarded as customers and if the Internet access is part of the service then the IT dept sometimes allocates an separate IP address giving the student all the bandwidth he wants.
There can be issues with the number or routers on a large campus and how they keep all the subnets separate. This is normally done using NAT (Network Address Translation)
This makes sure data for one computer is passed through each device correctly.
Now the router and modem manufacturers don't all do NAT the same way so sometimes you get devices that "don't seem to Like each other"
Using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) can help get around this.
If your son is in a shared room with a router for a room-mate then suing this may help.
If you can use UPnP then that may help.
I would guess this is something that is effecting your wife's contact.
NAT needs ports to be opened in your router.
Doing it with Port Forwarding or DMZ opens the ports to just one IP (Computer) on your home network which might also explain why your wife can not Chat if she is on the same LAN/network you are.
Apple have decided that iChat is an VoIP application.
VoIP has international Standards about how connections are made and one which ports.
IT uses a internet Protocol called SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) that uses set ports (5060-5063). It uses one of these to make the call and uses the others as fall backs.
Now bigger firms and campuses can be using VoIP for their phone service.
Because some ISPs are or were telcom companies these sometime block the SIP ports to "make" people pay extra for the service (you can call anywhere in the world within the cost of your internet service).
They will normally unblock this if you day that have started to block an application you were using.
As you can see the problems can begin to overlap and cause issues that can be difficult to solve with a Once Only Fix.
Can you tell us if you and your wife are on the same home network ?
If so how many routers and modems do you have ?
What makes and models are they ?
What have you done so far to set them up for multiple computer to use the iChat ports ? (or otherwise)
Of course this is all before we get into Universities doing things at their end for "security" or limiting Bandwidth to students to protect their network from potential outages
11:49 AM Thursday; August 23, 2007

IIcannot invite my buddies to video chat. The option is greyed out. I have ichat 6.0.1. What's weird is that I was able to connect to the same users (who all have macs) when I first got my mac six months ago. I have a macbook pro. I am running Lion.

The video icon does not appear next to the users' names, and it is greyed out in the menu screen. What is weird is that I was able to chat with the same buddies successfully in the past? And sporadically, they are able to invite me. But otherwise, it doesn't work. I can't invite them to video chat. They are all mac users with built in cameras, so why won't this work? The video chat option was a huge reason for my getting a mac to keep in touch with my family. Can you help me out?
Thanks

Hi,
So the Bandwidth Limit was set at None and is now set at 500kbps
This should smooth out any variances that high speed interent connections have.
The Speed test results.
The Ping thing is measured in microseconds.
It is the time taken for one single packet of data to get to the server is question and get back info that it got there.
Smaller numbers are better.
You then have Download speed. The Headline speed that the ISPs tell you about (They may even tell you have fast a movie of music file will download)
The Upload speed is the most important here as iChat is Sending (uploading) your Picture and Sound to your Buddy.
The results you post are in Mbps (Megabits per sec) or part of.
The Minimum for iChat is measured in kbps (kilobits per sec)
For 1-1 video chats this is about 128kbps - So you have an upload about 6 times this.
The Min for 3 and 4 way Video Chats is 384kbps and you have about twice this speed (0.69Mbps = About 690kbps - more than enough)
NOTE:
The math used here is rough - using based 10 whereas in fact it is actually base 8
Some other Checks
iChat will Video to any Buddy using iChat form any type of Buddy List
This means it will Video to Google Buddy using a Jabber Buddy List as long as the Buddy is also using iChat
The same is true in iChat 6 of the Yahoo option.
With AIM Names it should (I stress Should) also video chat to PC users using AIM for PC or the Trillian App with the Pro extension (which Costs) - people seem to get better result with Trillian than with AIM.
iChat will NOT video to anyone (PC or Mac) logged in to the Google Mail web Chat (either on iGoogle or and Google Mail page for their Account).
Nor to the Standalone PC app called GoogleTalk.
If you are using a Yahoo Buddy list it will not Video to a PC user using the PC Yahoo App nor to a Mac user using the Yahoo for Mac Beta 3 (not matter what build).
Any in this section will not show Video or Audio icons.
9:13 PM Tuesday; December 27, 2011
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Video chat not working in enjoy 10 (skype and ym)

i just bought enjoy 10 for my wife. i'm working in another country. when they are using skype or ym the video chat is not working. my daughter said that a message about compatibility is showing. can someone help me on this. Thanks.

OK, you have already Tested your iSight to ensure it is functional, and you have determined that your real problem is with iChat AV.
You are right to be suspicious of the iChat AV 3 error messages. Sometimes all they do is confirm that you cannot connect. As in your case, it is not unusual that the error message obviously does NOT report the real error condition.
The suggestions in How to get iChat AV working again will help you get going. Sometimes the fix is as simple as adjusting your QuickTime Streaming Speed as suggested in the "Help for iChat AV 3 Problems" link there.
I do not use any of the add-ons that you mention. For questions about iGlasses, Power Boost, and Conference Recorder, I suggest that you visit the ecamm.com respective web pages for each product. If the "faq" links for each app do not help, you can contact ecamm tech support for help with their apps.

What are the requirements to build a live video chat application?

I am looking into making a live video chat application. I
have seen several examples on the web so my question is not "how"
to do it. My question is "what do I need" to do it?
It seems that all the examples use Flex Data Services and
then some sort of back-end communication server. The cost of FDS is
well beyond what the client can afford so my question is: is it
necessary? Is there a way to build this sort of application without
FDS? Can I get live video streaming to work using only what is in
the SDK? I know nothing about data streaming, real-time
communication, etc. and have no idea how to implement this outside
what I have seen in the online articles so far.
If there are any other forums that are more appropriate to
this question, please direct me there. It is not a FDS exclusive
issue and I am just starting to look into it. I am starting here
because we would like to use Flash Player for the client-side
application.

I am looking into making a live video chat application. I
have seen several examples on the web so my question is not "how"
to do it. My question is "what do I need" to do it?
It seems that all the examples use Flex Data Services and
then some sort of back-end communication server. The cost of FDS is
well beyond what the client can afford so my question is: is it
necessary? Is there a way to build this sort of application without
FDS? Can I get live video streaming to work using only what is in
the SDK? I know nothing about data streaming, real-time
communication, etc. and have no idea how to implement this outside
what I have seen in the online articles so far.
If there are any other forums that are more appropriate to
this question, please direct me there. It is not a FDS exclusive
issue and I am just starting to look into it. I am starting here
because we would like to use Flash Player for the client-side
application.

MSN Messenger uses wrong inbuilt webcam for video chat on triple screen set up. It uses a cinema display webcam not the iMac webcam.

For some strange reason if i attach my 2 apple cinema displays to my iMac to make a triple screen set up msn messenger video chat does work but it uses the apple cinema display inbuilt webcam and not the iMac webcam. Its annoying as i have to turn sideways to get into the video call view.
So i have a set up like this: an apple cinema display thunderbolt, then in the middle an iMac new then to the right of the iMac another apple thunderbolt cinema display. WWhen i use MSN messenger to make a video call it uses the inbuilt webcam on the far right apple thunderbolt cinema display and not the inbuilt webcam in the iMac in front of me, its annoying any ideas please.
If i unplug both side cinema displays MSN messenger uses the inbuilt camera on the iMac like normal but when i use extra screens it uses the webcam built into those and not the iMacs webcam.

I would try with another client like skype or something
and if it's only msn messanger which have the problem it may
be more of a question for ms's forum?

Video Chat won't work in Germany.

Hi, I am new to the discussions board, and I just recently bought an iSight camera so I can chat with and see my family while I'm studying abroad in Munich, Germany. Every time we attempt to do a Video Chat session the window pops up, and says it is connecting with my parents and then stalls for awhile and finally I get a message saying that it did not work because 'Christina Crawford did not respond' (I am Christina Crawford.) However, there was no prompt for me to respond or anything, and I still get the same error message if I try to start the video chat. I know from reading these forums that I may have to change port settings or something, but I don't really know how to do so. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1 CB DDR SDRAM, 1.5 GHz

Hi Anusia22,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions
The questions will be the same.
Just the top post http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2563057#2563057
9:41 PM Tuesday; July 4, 2006

One-way video chat to 10.2.8 from Tiger G4?

Ok, 1000 pardons if this has been answered somewhere...
I am trying to video chat (one way) from one computer, an ibook G4 with 10.4.2, ichat 3.0.1, to another, a powerbook G3 400 mhz with both 10.2.8 and 10.3, both with ichat AV 2.1 ... We have been able to audio chat, send files, etc., without problem.
My question: Is it also impossible just to RECEIVE video on a "sub-standard" computer? We didn't hook a camera up to the G3, because ichat says it is too slow to video conference.
When I invite my wife to a one-way video conference, it simply says to her, "your computer is unable to video-conference." It says this no matter whether it is booted in 10.2.8 or 10.3.
I haven't been able to find anything specifically addressing one-way video between ichat 3.0 and 2.1, or whether at least that is possible with slower computers. I haven't read anything saying that this is specifically NOT possible. I have read that there are (apparently) many problems in general between 2.1 and 3.0, but any specific info on how I can accomplish this would be helpful.
Cheers,
bruce

Hi Bruce,
The link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301050 says any G3 can Audio chat 1-1 not Vifeo.
A G3/600 is needed to video.
This http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/ is norammly needed for the use of USB cams or an iSight on sub G3/600 machines to Video (as low as 350Mghz)
I have no information if it helps with one way chats with or without a camera and Mic. However as it comes with a 7 day trial it might be worth giving it a go.
Ralph

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