Is there a better way than Netmeeting for webcams? Inițiatorul discuției: Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X)
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Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X) din engleză în franceză + ...
Good evening everyone!
I hope you are all enjoying a nice relaxing Sunday with your loved ones
We recently purchased a webcam (so please forgive me if I ask a silly question) - Is there a better way than using Netmeeting to connect with my webcam to my family overseas?
They also have a webcam (and they are newbies at this too!!!... figures!)
I remember an old frien... See more Good evening everyone!
I hope you are all enjoying a nice relaxing Sunday with your loved ones
We recently purchased a webcam (so please forgive me if I ask a silly question) - Is there a better way than using Netmeeting to connect with my webcam to my family overseas?
They also have a webcam (and they are newbies at this too!!!... figures!)
I remember an old friend of mine who used to go through a website to *show* his video feed, and if we had a camera, we would have also been able to connect, and he would have seen us too. If you did not have a camera, you could type a reply back in a window (like any instant messenger program).
BTW, I have tried using Yahoo\'s Instant Messenger Video feed, but the *sound* does not work very well - and you have to click on a button every time you want to speak, sort of like the old CB\'s. It\'s not the easiest way to communicate.
Any ideas, tips or solutions would be greatly appreciated!
Merci à tous! Thanks everyone!! Muchas gracias a todos!!!
Nathalie
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Hi Nathalie,
Try Eyeball (you can download it for free from www.eyeball.com). You can use it as video chat or ordinary chat if the other person doesn\'t have a webcam, you can record video messages, and it works great!
Cheers,
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Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X) din engleză în franceză + ... INIŢIATORUL SUBIECTULUI Thank you Andrea! | Nov 3, 2002 |
This little program sounds amazing!
I am downloading it right now, and I will let you know how it goes
Thank you so much Andrea, you\'ve just made my day!
Nathalie | | |
Let me know how it works for Europe... | Nov 4, 2002 |
I truly love the program (not only for faraway friends or clients: it also comes in handy when the kids miss their Dad and he\'s at the office!), but I haven\'t tried it with my friends in Europe. The sound works just fine when I use it with people here in Buenos Aires or in the US, but I\'m curious about Europe. One more tip I\'ve just remembered: set the image definition to low, and you\'ll look more natural on the screen (with a sharper image movements tend to be jerky).
... See more I truly love the program (not only for faraway friends or clients: it also comes in handy when the kids miss their Dad and he\'s at the office!), but I haven\'t tried it with my friends in Europe. The sound works just fine when I use it with people here in Buenos Aires or in the US, but I\'m curious about Europe. One more tip I\'ve just remembered: set the image definition to low, and you\'ll look more natural on the screen (with a sharper image movements tend to be jerky).
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Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X) din engleză în franceză + ... INIŢIATORUL SUBIECTULUI I will test it tomorrow | Nov 4, 2002 |
Turns out that the family members I was trying to reach tonight are not home yet and it is getting late (translation: my bed is calling me big time!)
P.s. I am not in Europe though and I do not know anyone with a Webcam out there, but I am sure we could find some sweet volunteer Prozian to help us test it with them!
Any takers gang?
I will try with some friends I have in Canada and in the States. It seems to work fine as far as I can... See more Turns out that the family members I was trying to reach tonight are not home yet and it is getting late (translation: my bed is calling me big time!)
P.s. I am not in Europe though and I do not know anyone with a Webcam out there, but I am sure we could find some sweet volunteer Prozian to help us test it with them!
Any takers gang?
I will try with some friends I have in Canada and in the States. It seems to work fine as far as I can see, and it is much nicer than the other programs I have tried so far!
I\'ll keep you posted
We should try to test it together when you have a bit of time Andrea!
Have a great night! Nathalie ▲ Collapse | | |
Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X) din engleză în franceză + ... INIŢIATORUL SUBIECTULUI I just did a test with a guy in Lyon! | Nov 4, 2002 |
I thought I should try to find someone to test the webcam by going in one of the chat rooms.
I went into the French chat room and found a guy from Lyon. The pictures I received from him were good, but I could not hear his voice at all.
He said he could hear me but not that well, so we typed (i.e. clavarder) for a few minutes and that concluded my test.
Thought you\'d want to know!
Good night everyone ... See more I thought I should try to find someone to test the webcam by going in one of the chat rooms.
I went into the French chat room and found a guy from Lyon. The pictures I received from him were good, but I could not hear his voice at all.
He said he could hear me but not that well, so we typed (i.e. clavarder) for a few minutes and that concluded my test.
Thought you\'d want to know!
Good night everyone
Nathalie
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I remember I had this problem (not hearing the other person at all) with NetMeeting, but not with eyeball... I\'m sure you\'ll figure it out if you mess around with the settings a bit. I do have a Prozie eyeball contact in Europe, but we\'ve never gotten around to trying it. I\'ll probably have to e-mail her to death, until she\'s either ready to try it or to set her e-mail to bounce me And you and I could definitely give it a ... See more I remember I had this problem (not hearing the other person at all) with NetMeeting, but not with eyeball... I\'m sure you\'ll figure it out if you mess around with the settings a bit. I do have a Prozie eyeball contact in Europe, but we\'ve never gotten around to trying it. I\'ll probably have to e-mail her to death, until she\'s either ready to try it or to set her e-mail to bounce me And you and I could definitely give it a try one of these days... I\'ll try not to look a fright (the way I look this late at night!)
Take care,
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Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X) din engleză în franceză + ... INIŢIATORUL SUBIECTULUI It worked with my brother in-law in Canada | Nov 4, 2002 |
Good morning Andrea!
Just as I was about to log-off, my brother in-law wrote back to say that he had downloaded the program and that we could test it out when ever I wanted. So I replied right away and we chatted for an hour!
My husband even came out of bed out of curiosity (he could hear me talk hahaha).
It worked very well, I could hear and see them just fine (I am in the Caribbean at the moment btw)... and they could hear and see ... See more Good morning Andrea!
Just as I was about to log-off, my brother in-law wrote back to say that he had downloaded the program and that we could test it out when ever I wanted. So I replied right away and we chatted for an hour!
My husband even came out of bed out of curiosity (he could hear me talk hahaha).
It worked very well, I could hear and see them just fine (I am in the Caribbean at the moment btw)... and they could hear and see us just fine too
I just wanted to confirm that it works very well and that my brother in-law said that he had tried many programs and this one was the best he had ever seen. He will tell everyone about it too!
Many thanks again Andrea!
(p.s. I look a little scary too late at night hahaha... although the guy from Lyon called me \"a beautiful French Canadian woman\" but then again... maybe he had other intentions than just testing a webcam!!! LOL)
Life is too short folks, we have to have a good laugh once in awhile
Have a great Monday!
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Morning, Nathalie
I\'m happy you could make it work. Life is indeed short, but let\'s look at the bright side: with this stuff, distances are also short!
Have a great day, and beware of chat room \"testers\"!
Andrea
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