I tried during f2f up in Seattle, and couldn't figure it out. On a Mac, I know iChat will. Not sure if any other apps will.
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
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omnis_audis - Mar 07, 2010 2:54:48 pm PST #13230 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
le nubian - Mar 07, 2010 3:02:09 pm PST #13231 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
how often do you need to do it? is it personal or for work?
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2010 3:07:58 pm PST #13232 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's for my sister--personal reasons. Everyone is already using Skype and has a video camera on their PC.
le nubian - Mar 07, 2010 3:19:12 pm PST #13233 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh! ita, it doesn't look like skype does this, only one-on-one video.
if she has a mac and ichat, she can do up to 3 at once:
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2010 3:24:06 pm PST #13234 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks. PCs all round. I'll give her the bad news.
le nubian - Mar 07, 2010 3:27:21 pm PST #13235 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2010 3:41:57 pm PST #13236 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, LeN. I'll send it to her.
le nubian - Mar 07, 2010 3:43:55 pm PST #13237 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2010 6:58:01 pm PST #13238 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LeN, they're going to give it a try. Thanks again!
Typo Boy - Mar 07, 2010 8:13:22 pm PST #13239 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Belatedly - I've used Tokbox for multi-person video conferencing. Free for up to 20 people at once:
Mac or PC only. It is an active X control, so you have to accept active X. You need your sound and video properly set up before you connect. It can kind of guess if you don't but mostly it depends on you to have your system default to the right hardware. If everything is right (and mostly if you have web cam your defaults are right and you are good to go). it creates a URL for the conference and you send the URL to whoever you want on the conference. Pretty much foolproof as long as everyone is on a Mac or PC and as long as everyone has everything set up right. (I've actually gotten it to work on Linux, but it is not supported.)