Apple iSight webcam iChat AV, anyone?

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Apple iSight webcam iChat AV, anyone?

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Well, I just got one of these in the mail, and was wondering whether there were any Textkitters that have both an Apple computer, an iSight camera, iChat AV, and an AIM account who would like to video chat?<br /><br />Apparently, the software is still developmental and there is no compatibility yet between platforms.<br /><br />Barring this, does anyone with a mac know of a solution for videoconferencing which allows one to talk to people using PC computers?<br /><br />later,<br /><br />Sebastian

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Re:Apple iSight webcam iChat AV, anyone?

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If Yahoo! Messenger works on your computer, then you should probably be able to have a webcam conference using that with anyone else. AIM is a little bit too picky about external devices.
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Re:Apple iSight webcam iChat AV, anyone?

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I do indeed know of a program that allows PC-to-Mac voice chat and video conferencing! A free program called iVisit, downloadable at:<br /><br />http://www.ivisit.info/<br /><br />Hope to *see* you soon! ;D

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Re:Apple iSight webcam iChat AV, anyone?

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[quote author=benissimus link=board=6;threadid=707;start=0#6796 date=1064445852]<br />If Yahoo! Messenger works on your computer, then you should probably be able to have a webcam conference using that with anyone else. AIM is a little bit too picky about external devices.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Sadly, none of the messengers (Y!, MSN, AIM) allow voice-chat or vid-conferencing across platforms. I'm not sure about ICQ, though.

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