windows webcam not connecting to mac

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by dpmusic, Oct 22, 2004.

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    Hi, i am having a perplexing problem with yahoo's webcam feature.

    I'm on mac, trying to connect to someone on windows xp. My webcam is working fine, he sees me no problem. And his seems to be working fine as well, as he has no problems connecting to other windows users. But when i try and view his webcam, i get the error message "this user does not have his webcam online."

    i have tried both OS X and OS 9 with the same result, latest version of messenger on both.

    Might anyone have any thoughts about this? Thank you!

    Darcy
     
    dpmusic, Oct 22, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Yahoo messenger for Mac doesn't support video chat with Windows (and vice versa). Use AOL Instant Messenger on your end, and iChat on his.
     
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  3. TwisterMc

    TwisterMc Mac Guru

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    That's good to know.
     
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  4. dpmusic

    dpmusic Guest

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    Yahoo Messenger supports video chat between windows and mac. It's very frustrating to not have it working the way they say it should. Ah well I guess we must have patience, the industry will get it together eventually. The technology is still pretty young. Darcy
     
    dpmusic, Oct 23, 2004 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #5
    If it can video chat between platforms, it's a very recent addition.
     
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  6. TwisterMc

    TwisterMc Mac Guru

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    I could have sworn my father in-law does it.
     
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    chbug Peon

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    I'm on Mac and can only cam via Yahoo to Windows if I log onto a virtual VMSware windows inside of the Mac. The virtual windows allows me to cam.
     
    chbug, Oct 26, 2008 IP
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    I should have mentioned - I don't use the built in Apple cam, I use a third party usb cam
     
    chbug, Oct 26, 2008 IP