iChat video chat is not working

Hi,

Can you tell me what version of the Mac OS you are using ?

Which version of iChat ?

And whether you have allowed iChat though your router ?

10:45 PM Monday; February 20, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

I have just correct this problem on my sisters new Imac. She had an AIM account for Ichat. We could see each other in the Buddy List, but Video Chats, and Screen sharing could not be totally initiated. I could attempt to initiate a Screen sharing with her, from my side it showed the request for permission was sent to her Imac. From her side, she saw no permission window at all. When she tried to come to me, from her side, the permission window would appear, but after I granted permission, her side acted like it never received this grant and in essence the session initation hung and timed out.

The fix was to bring up Ichat on my sisters Imac, and delete the AIM definition under ACCOUNTS in the PREFERENCES. Then create a new AIM definition (+ at bottom of screen), this time do not put the @AIM.COM as part of the USERNAME. Apparently, adding the AIM.COM to the user name stops Ichat from initiating the sessions. Once we did this, Ichat worked without any problems.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3739296?answerId=17737780022#17737780022&ac_cid=142432#17737780

20th was better than 16th

9:37 PM Friday; March 2, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously