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(Crackhead Millionaire) wrote:
> Hello friends. I'm trying to initiate video communications between a
> win 2000 laptop using the AOL IM client and a MAC OS/10 using the
> iChat client. The Mac user has an IM account, which I can communicate
> with using text.
>
> Can anyone provide any insight into creating a video conference
> between these two machines? All I could interpret from the Max side
> was that my screen name did not have a lit camera next to it, and thus
> he was unable to send any pictures in my direcion. On my end, AOM was
> unable to initiate a direct connection with the user; and the VideoIM
> Add-In reported that the user I was communicating with did not support
> this Add-In.
>
> There is no effective firewall on the PC end. There is a firewall
> that may or may not be operational on the Mac end.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> cm
My understanding of AOL's Instant Messenger video conferencing is that
it requires
Windows XP
with a patch from AOL
Plus AIM v5.5
http://www.aim.com/
In order to connect to a Mac you need to be running Mac OS X 10.3.* and
the "iChat AV 2.1 Beta" software
http://www.apple.com/ichat
The AOL Instant Messenging web site has an FAQ on setting up video
conferencing on Windows systems.
Bob Harris
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