iChat AV, no video on G3 machines.
Hi,
After doing a few tests it seems that the video component of iChat AV only works on G4 machines....
I think thats a bit tight of them, the 900mhz iBook is no slouch even in iMovie. You'd think that it would work.
My guess is that the codec is so tightly bound into altivec to make it work right that G3's just got dumped.
After doing a few tests it seems that the video component of iChat AV only works on G4 machines....
I think thats a bit tight of them, the 900mhz iBook is no slouch even in iMovie. You'd think that it would work.
My guess is that the codec is so tightly bound into altivec to make it work right that G3's just got dumped.
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I have a Sony DV camera - the TRV17, and it's connecting fine, and I'm seeing video in the camera's viewfinder, however, iChat is not recognizing it in the video preference pane, though. Do I need a genuine firewire webcam to make this really work? Has anyone got around this?
BTW, the audio iChat works like a DREAM! Just like a speakerphone. My iBook has a built-in mic, so I'm just loving life.
Originally posted by francisG3
Well, Apple says you need at least a 600 Mhz G3, which my iBook has.
I have a Sony DV camera - the TRV17, and it's connecting fine, and I'm seeing video in the camera's viewfinder, however, iChat is not recognizing it in the video preference pane, though. Do I need a genuine firewire webcam to make this really work? Has anyone got around this?
BTW, the audio iChat works like a DREAM! Just like a speakerphone. My iBook has a built-in mic, so I'm just loving life.
A G3 Mac doesn't support FW DV cameras in iChat - I don't know if it will be any different in the final version.
Originally posted by tonton
Note Apple marketing photos show an iSight mounted on an iBook.
The iSight is not a DV camera
The only problems I had (not related to iChat either) is that the Canon won't stay on unless tape is rolling...makes it hard to use as a webcam, but that's not why I spent $2,000 on it anyway