Adium on a mac for video chat

Fairyhead

How do I get my built in video on my mac to work on adium so I can use video chat? The only way I can use it is on jabber but I dont use my gmail account and use it through my adium account which is hotmail.

PeakOutput

adium dosnt support video chat yet

i read somewhere recently the next big update will support it

in the mean time you can use google chat / skype / yahoo

thecommander

PeakOutput wrote: »

i read somewhere recently the next big update will support it

I think Adium video chat has been on their todo list for a few years now and never got around to doing it. Skype or iChat is the lad for video chat.

J-blk

Do others here find that Skype video chat is an absolute dog on the Mac though? It easily eats up 30-50% of both cores on my Core 2 Duo 2Ghz... the Windows client is nowhere near as inefficient... It really annoys me when a company does not keep the Mac version of their software in sync with the Windows version (Sling Player is another really annoying example).

cornbb

J-blk wrote: »

Do others here find that Skype video chat is an absolute dog on the Mac though? It easily eats up 30-50% of both cores on my Core 2 Duo 2Ghz... the Windows client is nowhere near as inefficient... It really annoys me when a company does not keep the Mac version of their software in sync with the Windows version (Sling Player is another really annoying example).

QFT. I wish Skype would get off their arses and update the Mac client. They're probably putting more resources into the iPhone app, which is of limited use IMO.

Spipov

yeah. skype on the mac basically eats up 1 hour of battery as it starts, 2ndly it eats up the whole cpu, which on an air i dont have too much of resulting in loud fans.

for the iphone one, if they did anything good with it id be surprised. nearly 1 year since 3.0 is out and still no bluetooth support.

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PeakOutput

thecommander wrote: »

I think Adium video chat has been on their todo list for a few years now and never got around to doing it. Skype or iChat is the lad for video chat.

e i know but i read a recent article about adium 2.0 being in beta ill have a google for it

edit: nvm what i read is dated 27th of march 2007 /sigh

red_bairn

PeakOutput wrote: »

adium dosnt support video chat yet

i read somewhere recently the next big update will support it

in the mean time you can use google chat / skype / yahoo

Msn Messenger I think.

Elessar

Mercury messenger also does video chat.

PeakOutput

red_bairn wrote: »

Msn Messenger I think.

msn dosnt support video in the mac version

su_dios

You can just sign into meebo.com to use video chat with the various services when needed.

red_bairn

PeakOutput wrote: »

msn dosnt support video in the mac version

:rolleyes:

ah yes, the ever so great updates.

ah well.

Dr Galen

mercury isn't bad. can be a bit buggy and there are a few known problems, mostly to do with showing up offlne and stuff, but the video end of things works quite well.