Video options almost all grayed out -- but camera works
+(Accidentally posted this in iChat 3.0 forum: meant to post here)+
A number of quite important options are grayed out of my iChat, and I don't know why. For example, under Buddies, I can't select anything under "Send Instant Message". Most importantly, I can't select "Invite to video chat" or "Invite to one way video chat." Here's my setup.
I have a USB camera plugged in and working in iChat 4.0.5. When I say working, I mean that there is a little green video camera next to my name, and I can see myself (live) in the video pane when I select Video>Video preview. The camera is a Logitech Notebook Deluxe. It shows up in the System Profiler and, as I mentioned, it seems to work with iChat.
I tried the suggestions in this post, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9772013�, but it did not work.
Is there a certain provider (e.g., AIM, google) that does/doesn't work. I tried AIM and google and -- nothing.
Anyone know what's going on?
Ok,
Note: SMS is country Specific. (United States Only and to carriers that allow it)
In Leopard and Earlier you have to set your International Preferences in System Preferences to the United States. Some people have said this works if you are not in the United States but you can only Contact US phones.
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