[iBook] Video conf on iBooks

[Michael Elliott]

check out

http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/

which says it will let you use an iSight with a 500  mhz ibook.

Michael


On Feb 27, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Tom Legare wrote:

> I haven't seen this come up before, but I've got to believe this topic 
> is coming more and more of a curiousity for us iBook owners looking to 
> video conference with our Windows long lost cousins.
>
>  My iBook is only a G3/500, so iChat A/V will not let me hook up an 
> iSight camera.
>
>  Now I have done video many times in the Windows world, and these are 
> the combinations that seem to work:
>
>  AIM: You can do video if you are running Windows XP only
>  MSN Messenger: You can do video if you are running Windows 2000 or 
> Windows XP
>
>  So...my questions are:
>
>
> 	1.  	Will any generic USB or Firewire camera work with my iBook 500 
> with iSight since Apple’s iSight camera requires at least an iBook 
> 600?
> 	2.  	 I don’t see any video conferencing option in Mac’s MSN 
> Messenger (ver 4.0.1 currently), will MSN Messenger for Mac do video?
> 	3.  	 What have people found is the best option for Mac to Mac video 
> conferencing if you can’t use iChat A/V?
> 	4.  	 What have people found is the best option for Mac to Windows 
> video conferencing... MSN Messenger?  AIM?  Is there a Windows version 
> of iChat A/V?
> 	5.  	 What potholes should I be aware of?
>
>
>  Thanks!
>
>  Tom
>
>
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