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Alternatives to iChat A/V so i can chat with Windows users
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craigthomas
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Aug 3, 2003, 05:51 PM
 
Anyone with positive expericne using software that works with OS X and iSight (or other FW camera), over a DSL PPPoE 802.11 set-up? I want to use it with my cousin who uses Windows.
     
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Aug 3, 2003, 07:12 PM
 
I don't have any experience, but I think Yahoo! Messenger will work for what you want. I remember people complaining that it doesn't work with iSight but I think I also heard a way to get it working. You might want to check MacOSXHints.com to get iSight to work with Yahoo messenger.
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Aug 3, 2003, 07:15 PM
 
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Aug 3, 2003, 07:19 PM
 
Actually never-mind that about MacOSXHints.com, I just checked there and couldn't find anything about iSight with Yahoo messenger. But I'm still pretty sure there's a way to get the two working together if they don't normally.
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Aug 4, 2003, 01:39 AM
 
I was able to run Yahoo messenger with my iSight right away, without any modifications or trouble.

One thing I didn't like...the video source with messenger is just "Default video" and I couldn't change it. So it kept using my iBot instead of the iSight. So I just have to restart Messenger with the iBot unplugged, and it switched to the iSight on its own.
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