[iBook] Video conf on iBooks

[Tom Legare]

Thanks Michael!  That¹s just what I was looking for in terms of a camera
solution.

So anyone... Will iChat A/V work with video conferencing with a Windows user
on the other end?  What program would the Windows person be running?

Tom

From: Michael Elliott <michaelelliott at mac.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:51:37 -0600
To: "A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers."
<ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Subject: Re: [iBook] Video conf on iBooks

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 curiosity 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 Apple¹s iSight camera requires at least an iBook 600?
>     2.   I don¹t see any video conferencing option in Mac¹s 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 can¹t 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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