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DeeKat · Apr 19, 2006, 11:07 AM

Well I have a very good friend of mine that's going to Sanghai, China for an engeneering contract, himself, his wife (also a good friend) and their newborn daughter. since we want to stay in contact for the next years i figure the best way is to video-chat. Of course since he's an engeneer he on PC and i'm on Mac.

Is there any app that does cross platform ( Pc to Mac ) video-chat???

I just discovered that Skype isn't offering video-chat for OS X on the version 1.4

Thanks
DeeKat

TETENAL · Apr 19, 2006, 11:49 AM

You can video chat using iChat with him, if he's using AIM 5.9 (not that Triton thing).

Mithras · Apr 19, 2006, 04:30 PM

You can also use aMSN, which is a (slightly klunky but functional) MSN Messenger client that supports video on the Mac.

stevesnj · Apr 19, 2006, 09:36 PM

Also Yahoo or iVisit at ivisit.com

CharlesS · Apr 19, 2006, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

(not that Triton thing)

What are you talking about? Trillian can audio/video chat with iChat AV. In fact, Trillian actually supports the format Apple's using for the video chat, if I understand correctly, rather than Apple having to use whatever crappy format AOL uses, so it should actually work better when talking to Trillian users than when talking to AIM users.

Art Vandelay · Apr 20, 2006, 12:46 AM

He was talking about AIM Triton, not Trillian.

TETENAL · Apr 20, 2006, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

What are you talking about? Trillian can audio/video chat with iChat AV.

I said Triton, not Trillian.

Grrr · Apr 20, 2006, 09:29 AM

Sorry, I can't recommend iVisit.. I had used it for years and it was good. But now its terribly dated and very poorly managed. It has very few users these days. Plus to get the most from it, you have to pay up an annual fee. To add insult to injury, it has the worst interface of any software i know of.

iChat is LIGHTYEARS ahead. If you can use iChat, even to AIM users, I suggest you use it..

While im here, I have tried amsn, and it only does video. No audio. And even then, the video is only in 1 direction at a time. So thats kinda weak too.

CharlesS · Apr 20, 2006, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

I said Triton, not Trillian.

Ack, sorry about that. I read your post too fast (and I've never heard of Triton, so I saw Trillian there sort of automatically).

DeeKat · Apr 20, 2006, 01:38 PM

Thanks for the great info guys

so it seems that iChat with AIM 5.9 is the way to go. I'll test it before they leave just to make sure.

DeeKat

DeeKat · Apr 20, 2006, 02:52 PM

I just learned that Adium X, ChatKit and iChat will merged in Leopard

see link : http://www.adiumx.com/blog/ the 4th post down

with all the supported IM services i supposse this is good news. Woohoo!

CharlesS · Apr 20, 2006, 03:18 PM

^ You mean the post that was written on April Fool's Day?

King Bob On The Cob · Apr 20, 2006, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by DeeKat

I just learned that Adium X, ChatKit and iChat will merged in Leopard

see link : http://www.adiumx.com/blog/ the 4th post down

with all the supported IM services i supposse this is good news. Woohoo!

Read the article for the love of god...

"UPDATE: April fool.

"

philm · Apr 20, 2006, 03:49 PM

My experience is that you need Trillian Pro, not the basic version of Trillian. Trillian Pro on Windows works well with iChat AV on the Mac using the AIM protocol.

DeeKat · Apr 20, 2006, 04:41 PM

LOL Hahahahahahah! My god. well i read the article but obviouly too fast.

I guest I just made quite a fool of myself LOL