Has Skype video worked for you with other contacts? Were they also using Macs?
I've used Google's video chat, it seems to work about as well.
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dcp - Jul 22, 2010 2:59:16 pm PDT #14511 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
beekaytee - Jul 22, 2010 3:09:28 pm PDT #14512 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
This was my first attempt.
So, I don't know if it would work with others.
I'll give google video chat a try.
beekaytee - Jul 22, 2010 3:31:47 pm PDT #14513 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
dcp, I just reopened skype and see that you called but seem to have missed you.
Typo Boy - Jul 22, 2010 3:47:09 pm PDT #14514 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.
BF, for future reference, when that happens the first thing I check is that the other person does not have the window with me minimized or hidden. Skype opens a lot of windows and it is easy for the video window to get minimized or hidden
beekaytee - Jul 22, 2010 3:56:02 pm PDT #14515 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
It's true that my client commented on the number of windows that opened and how she had to sift through them. Next time, I'll ask her to make sure she actually looked at them all.
My guinea pig test so far:
client...hear but no see, I could both hear and see
dcp...could hear me but not see me, I could both hear and see
erin...could both hear and see me, I could see but not hear her
This is a head scratcher.
Strix - Jul 22, 2010 4:22:24 pm PDT #14516 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
D says Skype has a tech page. For the record, looks like I need to get a new microphone.
beekaytee - Jul 22, 2010 5:16:52 pm PDT #14517 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
As if we didn't already know it, Erin rocks like a rocking horse. Once she employed a Guitar Hero mic, we ended up Skyping for 45 minutes! It was a riot, and so helpful.
Thanks so much Erin!
Strix - Jul 22, 2010 5:32:46 pm PDT #14518 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It was fun! Now I want to skype with ALL the buffistas!
And now I have a Guitar Hero mic dangling like a...dangling thing from my high-tech wire holder (aka, a potato chip bag holder clipped to a scarf on my bulletin board, which holds all my not-in-use-right-now wires.)
I am rockin' like Dokken.
beekaytee - Jul 23, 2010 6:11:23 pm PDT #14519 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
I am rockin' like Dokken.
And we know not to mess with Dokken
Now that Skype has been mastered, I'm on to the next project...moving some movie files off my computer and on to dvd.
I now have imovie and idvd, which I'm given to understand will accomplish this, but the process seems to be taking roughly one DAY per file.
Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong?
javachik - Jul 25, 2010 10:19:45 am PDT #14520 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.