View of iChat to AIM users

When I use iChat to talk to people on AIM, none of my fonts or colors show up on the AIM screen. For example, though my bubble says I have a green background with black arial font, AIM users see my type as black type with a white background in a Times New Roman font. Is there any way to change this?

I'm running into a similar problem; since upgrading to Leopard a few days ago, my friends have complained that my text is showing up as larger (16 pt) than usual. I checked my own font settings and everything is the same (Helvetica 12), so I don't know what to do to fix this...

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IChat offline/Aim password user name incorrect

I have iChat version 3.1.9 (v446) on a macbook pro. While attempting an AVChat we get the AIM user name / password incorrect. I have gone online to create another aim account. Again the password was incorrect (even though the new account and password had just been created. I have changed the password with AIM - same password error message.
The buddy list icon says that iChat is offline and most of the drop down menus on ichat are greyed out.
About 6 weeks ago I cancelled a repeat subscription to mobileme .mac account - not sure whether this has any relevance ??
Any help really appreciated !!

I am having this same problem. I just installed a new hard drive in my iMac today so I had to reinstall the OS (obviously.) When I opened iChat I put my username and password in. When it tried to connect a window popped up asking me for my password. I put in what I remembered to be my password (it had been stored in my keychain for so long I thought I had forgotten it) and it seemed that it was incorrect as it asked me for it again.
I then went to my MacBook at home and checked the password in the keychain and I DID have it correct.
It will not let me connect and then locks me out for a bit after I try too many times.
I even went online to their browser version and tried it with my username and (correct) password and it still wouldn't let me log on.
Could my Mac have corrupted the password with AOL?
Is there a way to uninstall iChat an start all over?
Is anyone else having this problem that found an answer?

Can video chat with Aim users on a PC but not with Ichat users on Mac!

Hello
I am having the odd problem of being able to video chat with someone when they are using their pc running aim, but I cant chat with the same person when he on his Mac!
I am running as DMZ behind a Linksys WRT54G wireless router.
The problem is on my side because I cant chat with the test accounts either.
I tried this after bothe forwarding and triggering all the ports that were suggested.
I am stumped!

Hi Lullah,
This is going to be down to the Staelite connection.
It has what is called latency.
This adds an unexceptable delay in the passing of data at the start of the connection.
Very few people have reported success.
The things you can try are to fool the link into passing more intense data prior to starting a chat.
If you have web pages try uploading a Pic of larger file to the site.
Just as this finishes start up iChat
You should also check that System Preferences > Quicktime > Streaming tab has the speed to match you download set.
Hopefully (But no reported success) you may get iChat to see more bandwidth as you have just had the modem busy.
Following the launch of iChat with a video chat request may be able to get that bandwidth.
Realistically the 128 k upload even if you were getting close to it is very tight to the lowest point Apple say will work.
Speed testing a 128 k service i likely to get a result of about 80% of the figure (102k) iChat will use about 80 % of what is left (you are down to about 83K). You are now below the 100k min.
With regards to your LAN there are several things that may help if not set up already.
Only have one device doing DHCP. The way routers work as compared to modems is that they pass all routing data though to the computers.
This means the computers can be sitting in two subnets (1) from Modem to computer via router and (2) from Router. The computer can only display one of these IP addresses but can get confuse info regarding iChat.
Do not use Port Forwarding or Port triggering, twice or together on the LAN. iCHAT does not like two lots of NAT (bath are forms of Network Address Translation [NAT]).
Use UPnP where you can.
IF you are trying to test this yur Mac to your PC you ahve to allow for the fact that the modem is handling two Video chats in effect. This means you need twice the minimum bandwidth (let alone the fact that ichat to AIM semms to like 50% more than Mac to Mac contacts.
Sorry to be the bearer of so much doom and gloom.
11:03 PM Tuesday; March 28, 2006

IChat to AIM XP - my experiences so far

My experiences with iChat to AIM 5.9 on a PC running XP
I have a G4 Cube (10.4.2) in Germany and my Mum and Dad are in New Zealand running a PC with XP. We both took our firewalls completely down (have not tried just opening the selected ports yet). We get a connection with sight and sound when he initiates the call, but if I try to initiate then I get the " I failed to respond signal" message.
I felt the video and sound was better than iVisit, which we also tried. But after a few minutes of video chatting, the audio I was hearing deteriorated and then eventually the image froze. My Dad at 70 is no computer genius (he should get a Mac really), but I will pass on the "AIM tuning tips" posted elsewhere in the forum to him to see if we can improve the connection.

HI Peeks,
I suggested to Crista that she should look at the XP Service Pack 2 Firewall settings as I have found it works better if the Firewall is not wide open but pinned down to the AIM exceptions.
This will not be in her relatives modem.
In fact if it is a USB modem they would be advised to Enable the UPnP excetion as well as this is controlled by the computer.
On a Mac the router can treat the new OS as if it was connected to a whole new computer. This can mean checking router settings (some D-Links and Netgears seem to like a reboot), making sure any Port Forwarding settings are still pointing at the IP the computer has.
With this change of the OS some people bump into the SIP aware modem problem.
This is a somewhat transient thing to pin down.
The symptoms can be:
Two small groups of Buddies
a) contact all the time
b) contact some of the time.
This goes hand in hand with a larger group of buddies that can not be connected to. (this is Audio Or Video chats)
Now moving up to Tiger changes things for some people so that they appear to have a large group of No contacts (many because their Buddies lists are not large enough to check the problem)
Check the manufacturers web site or any manual that you have about this.
Further info can be had here Safari users will have to scroll down to the paragraph on SIP and the texts in Boxes below that.
As you are unfortunately aware this can be an extremely frustrating learning curve.
To be at our most helpful it would be useful to know the modem you are using,
The Manner in which you have opened the ports for ichat in it.
Any secondary router you have.
The port opening style there as well.
Any Connection Doctor error messages or the text over the failed chat if nothing else shows up.
Booting in to Panther for testing (if you have it on a spare disk or partition) is useful as the Connection Doctor there tells you more, even if it is a bit cryptic.
AIM updates come faster than iChat ones and any automatic acceptence may be part of the problem. The current version is at AIM 5.9.3861
Ralph

Chat Colors not Showing up for PC AIM Users

This question has been asked dozens of times from what I can tell of the archives but there is no real answer to this question. I am using iChat and have my font color changed to my preference, all other ichat users can see my font and color, no AIM users can see it. Aim does allow you to see other colors besides black, and there is no setting that overrides it like iChat does. I've used Aim for many years before I used iChat, and never had this problem. I know how to change the preference colors and the format colors. If I format every message before I send it, My font color is sent, but without my background color, but as we all know, this is a huge pain. Is there any quick fix to format all my outgoing messages and get AIM users to see my font, color and background or am I permanently stuck formatting every single outgoing message without a background?

Thanks for posting back that you found an answer.
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One Way Video Chat with an AIM user

Hey......im wondering if there is a way to one way video chat with AIM users........(using aol instant messenger)ive tried a few times, but it says "data not recieved for 10 seconds" and the one way video chat stops....im wondering if this can be fixed?

Hi Bruce,
This is possible.
It seems though, that for some that they come across the problem you describe.
I do not have any definite answers but I don't get the problem but I have run the "Tuning" on the PC end even though it does not have a camera or Mic.
I am not sure if this is the Fix or just coincidence.
The problem was more common at iChat 3.0 and 3.0.1 and is related to the amount of data that iChat percives it is getting. Strangely t was by sending files we found out what the problem was/is.
When files are sent the Video is paused whilst this happens. In the conenction Doctor you can see a Mac to MAc chat drop to a Bitrate of 24kbps. In A Mac to PC the bitrate does not stop at 24kbps and continues down to 0 (Zero). When this is 10 sec old then the chat is eneded with the error message.
If you have not already try updating to 10.4.3 as this was supposed to adress the problem.
Ralph

Font Colors for PC AIM users.

PC AIM users tell me my font is grey text on a black background which is hard to read. My iChat text is black text in a green baloon. Is there a reason why it shows up like this for other people?
Help, please!
Thanks,
~Chad.

Hi Chad,
As far as I am aware the AIM application needs to change the settings at that end.
My understanding is that The names are coloured on AIM and the text is black as default. I am not sure how the users chanegs this.
Ralph

Can aim users and .mac users video/audio chat with each other?

today was a crazy day with ichat. two of my friends were able to video chat 1 on 1. my mac is qualified to handle 3-way or 4-way chats. when they invite me, the bubble pops up. i hit accept and the loading spindle keeps on spinning for minutes until it just denies me entrance. they get an error saying i never accepted, so as soon as they invite me, they don't get any other response back.
could it be that i am on the AIM network and both of them are on the .mac network?
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1.8ghz, 1.5gig ram, 3rd party camcorder, latest iChat. router installed.

can aim users and .mac users video/audio chat with each other?
Yes. Apple does not have its own publicly available IM service; iChat uses the AIM network, and there are few functional differences between AIM and .Mac screen names. If they are using a client other than iChat, there may be interoperability issues with audio and video chats, or the other client may not support those types of chatting.
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ITunes status and AIM users

Hi all!
I'm admittedly not a "seasoned" iChat user (I've used AIM, AOL and ADIUM until recently), so I hope this question isn't something I overlooked.
About 90% of my AIM friends use the AIM (or AOL) client--and of those, the majority are on the PC. When I'm speaking to them via iChat, everything runs smoothly--but I was wondering 2 things:
1) Can those users see my "current iTunes track" status? Is there a simple way to make this happen?
2) on that same note, is there a way to use my current iTunes track as an AWAY message that auto-replies to those AIM users when I am away?
Again, forgive me if this has been asked before, I have been searching the forums, but didn't see my exact question as it related to the current (4.0) version of iChat.
Thanks in advance, everyone

Ha! Thanks, Atomic--however my AIM friends never seem to see it I don't know what the problem is.
Oh and about the 'away message' thing: I see your point... I thought it might be a cool idea to have that display when I'm away from AIM, not necessarily away from my computer physically. (I know a users who set their away message to the iTunes status since they have iTunes constantly running in the background).
Anyhow, I'm still a bit puzzled why many users can't see my iTunes status... I guess maybe it's a "version" problem.

VideoChat with AIM Users

Okay so here's the deal. I am able to video chat with my friends who have macs. Those same friends can video chat with other people who have AIM, however i can not chat with those AIM users. I can chat with them using Meebo.com which is a pain to use just for video chat, just not using iChat. I have an Airport Extreme router, a MacBook running 10.5.6, and iChat version 4.07. I have all ports open, and have the correct quicktime settings etc. Any idea anyone?

Also see the Real Time Quote in this Page in the EZ Jim Section. (Dated 14/9/08)
10:16 PM Monday; January 12, 2009

Multi-person video conference iChat to AIM 5.9 on PC

Is there a way to have multi person video conference involving a buddy that's using AIM 5.9 on a PC?
If I'm on a video chat with another iChat buddy and try to invite a AIM-on-PC buddy, it simply doesn't work. If I'm on a video chat with the AIM-on-PC buddy, the plus sign is grayed out. I can otherwise easily support a four-way video conference, so long it involves only iChats...

You cannot do multiperson video conferencing involving both iChat and AIM PC users. I think that is what the first responder meant to say.
You can use SightSpeed to do multiperson video conferencing among both Mac and PC users. There are both PC and Mac versions of SightSpeed, and it is necessary that all users be running SightSpeed software and not iChat or AIM for PCs.
Also, the person hosting the SightSpeed multiperson conference must have the $4.95 per month paid version of SightSpeed. If you are interested, you can find more information at:
<http://www.sightspeed.com>

Any app , for video chat with AIM users???

please recommend any app for video chat with AIM user???

Hi
The latest version of AIM (called Triton) doesn't work with iChat. Have you tried version 5.9 of the AIM application on the PC?
If that doesn't work for you, you could try Trillian, which has a better picture than AIM (The AIM video window is very small and not resizeable). The Trillian Pro version, required for video, costs $25 but you can try it free for 14 days.
Dave

Ichat to aim no audio

o.k. i know that there are all kinds of problems with ichat to aim connections. i finally got a working video connection to my friend who uses aim. he can even hear me. the problem is that i cannot hear him! anybody ever had this problem? it seems new to me...
- christian

Hello - christian.
anybody ever had this problem?
Many times.
Whenever there is no audio at your end, but the PC user on the other end has a mic and can hear you, the PC user should try "tuning" the preferences for his camera and / or Mic. That usually resolves the problem.
Some PC users report that they need to reboot their PC after tuning to make the changes effective. Some also have reported that they must re-"Tune" whenever they make ANY camera or mic change, even as simple as unplugging and later plugging the same item back into their PC.
You may also be interested in Mac Video Chat with PCs.
<small>EZ Jim</small>

Ichat to AIM on vista question

I am not able to video chat or audio only chat with my friend, who uses Vista, via AIM. I found a website telling me how to set up the windows firewall on the pc, however it only says for windows xp. I tried it on my old dell laptop running xp and video and audio chat were both successful with macbook running leopard and imac running tiger.
My question is: Will this work for vista? Or just an xp fix?
BTW, the settings said to turn on UPnP and open the scope to any, not jsut subnet. I hope that makes sense. Thanks.

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
Some Forums have Users Tips above the Topic list and iChat has some.
This one http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1968438 is about iChat to AIM on a PC and video chats.
Quick things to try and check.
Have she allowed AIM as an Exception in the Windows Firewall ?
In your ichat Go to the Preferences item in the iChat Menu.
Chose Video/Audio section and change the Bandwidth to 500kbps
If you are using Leopard (10.4.x) and iChat 4.x.x then go to System Preferences > Quicktime > Streaming tab and set the speed to 1.5Mbps (Don't worry that it hints about it being for Cable)
Double check System Preferences > Sound > Output tab.
If you actually have two methods of output make sure the chosen one here is the same as in iChat > Preferences > Video and the extra Output Drop down you will get below your Pic/Camera Preview
ON the PC end the Mic is set up in the Control Panels and the AIM app uses that Level for Audio and Video chats.
She may need to make sure this is high enough. (I am not sure this is adjustable during chats like the System Preferences > Sound > Input on the Mac is for iChat).
9:33 PM Wednesday; December 1, 2010
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How do I change ichat from AIM to MSN on my macbook

I'm trying to figure out how to switch my ichat from AIM to MSN.

Hi,
Natively you can use names vaild with AIM (AIM, @Mac.com a MobileMe) and Jabber IDs including Googletalk ones in iChat.
There is a way to get to Text chat to MSN Buddies via a Jabber ID and what are called Transports.
The Instructions are here
11:09 PM Saturday; June 4, 2011
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