03-22-2003, 12:43 PM
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Web Cam questions
I just bought a couple of Orange Micro iBot web cams for work, and my boss wants to see if I can figure out an easy way to have a teleconference between Mac's and PC's. I thought that this would be simple by just using something like AOL IM or MSN Messenger, but I could not do video on the Mac side of MSN Messenger and I don't think AOL IM supports video at all. Can anyone tell me different? I can't find any good software for the Mac that will allow 2 way communication. Does anyone have any possible solutions?
Thanks alot.
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03-22-2003, 12:47 PM
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Re: Web Cam questions
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03-22-2003, 01:29 PM
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$150 each.
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03-22-2003, 08:20 PM
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ichat is the official Apple AIM software though i don't think it supports video conferencing yet.
Maybe shareware can help: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11619
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03-25-2003, 09:17 AM
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Try yahoo messenger... it has a vid cam function that seems to work okay on both Macs and PCs I believe.
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03-25-2003, 10:17 AM
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03-25-2003, 10:24 AM
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Hmmm actually I was not able to get the web cam working on the Mac side using MSN Messenger. I am not sure if the application is quite as robust as it is on the PC side, because I could not find anything about a web cam. I'll check again today. Right now I am thinking that I might have to run Virtual PC on the Mac in order to get it running.
Thanks for your help. Verve, thanks for the link I will check it out  |
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03-26-2003, 02:10 AM
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No prob. Oh, and i just checked, ichat doesn't support videoconfeerencing. Probably won't until the next OS update.
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03-28-2003, 11:07 PM
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