[P1] iChat AV with slower machines.

Benjamin Ing vbing at mac.com
Tue Jul 22 15:25:00 PDT 2003


I tried it yesterday with my iBook (Dual USB) (G3, 600MHz), and my DV 
camera over FW would not transmit video with iChat AV. Then, when I 
went back to the iChat AV beta download page, I noticed that it stated 
that using a DV camcorder requires a G4 or G5 processor. When I did the 
exact same hookup with my 450MHz G4 Cube it worked fine.

I haven't had a chance to try using a FW web camera (an iSight or the 
iRez), but according to that disclaimer, they should work with a G3.

Ben
On Tuesday, Jul 22, 2003, at 14:56 America/Los_Angeles, Ron Reames 
wrote:

> Just  tried that. Didn't work.
>
> Ron
>
> On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 03:49  PM, Richard McKay wrote:
>
>> Have you tried the trick with leaving the tape door open? It should 
>> work
>> without the USB app addition...I have read some reports of others 
>> using the
>> iChatAV beta only and they have managed to get it to work with some 
>> cameras
>> using this trick...but others had no luck
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