[X4U] Video conferencing on a PC

[Michael Elliott]

I've had very poor luck getting AIM to work with iChat.  Probably 
something to do with the fact that some Windows machines have 2-3 
firewalls running at the same time (XP's, and then 1 or 2 spyware or 
virus blockers).

I have yet to be able to do iChat--->AIM5.5XP with my brother in law in 
the Netherlands or a friend in New Zealand, although I have been able 
to get it to randomly work with some other friends in the US and 
internationally.  However, when it does work, I'm always disappointed 
with the video quality compared with my iSight + iBook, and they tell 
me that the video that they see of me, while high-quality, is only a 
tiny window that they can't resize (I'd be surprised if that's the 
case, but probably the setting to enlarge the window is small).

Did I hear a rumor that MS was going to update MSN Messenger to include 
video?

What about other cross-platform chat solutions, like ISPQ  etc.?

Michael

On Feb 24, 2005, at 5:36 AM, Stroller wrote:

>
> AOL's Instant Messenger software is videochat-compatible with iChatAV 
> - details at <http://www.aol.co.uk/aim/aim55.html>.
>
> I haven't tried it, so I don't know what the video quality is like - I 
> wouldn't be surprised if it was just the same - but the interface is 
> nowhere near so professional as iChatAV - it's full of adverts & 
> horrible little icons.