how can i use my Isight on yahoo messenger ?

If I'm not mistaken, Yahoo Messenger for Mac is still in beta.

I can't use mine either. The option's not available. I u've used it successfully in MSN msgr, but the mic doesn't work in that.

Have to wait for some new versions - hopefully a universal one coming out soon.

Works perfectly for me.

I am able to use my external iSight camera with Yahoo messenger, so it should work with the built in camera of the MBP.

Open Yahoo messenger and select Yahoo Messenger->Preferences from the menu bar. Click on the Webcam-Video in the sidebar of the preference pane. Click on the drop down menu for Default Source and see if you iSight camera is listed as an option.

yeah works perfect for me too, I didn't do anything, just dled and started it and it worked.

Works perfectly on mine. Not as good of a feed as on ichat but a really clear picture.

Apple really needs to resolve the NAT (network address translation) issue with iChat or people will not be using it very often for Video Conferencing. I've noticed iChat video to be least successful if both users are behind home routers.

There is no reason why Apple can't correct NAT resolution issues -- we've been doing it for years with other real time applications, such as Voice over IP and the competition has managed to get it working with their applications.

For me this issue, coupled with no support for other chat networks is the number one issue why I don't use iChat very often.

Golan.

There's another NAT issue, and that's the inability to use the default NFS connection dialog in the Finder when the NFS server is on the other side of a NAT firewall. Attempting NFS connection using that dialog only permit the use of UDP and that's not able to traverse a NAT firewall. There is a way to use TCP, but it was tedious to use and hard to find out. I've already forgotten and will have to research it again the next time I want to use it…

Randall Schulz

iMac 20" Core Duo; MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Perhaps you should consider doing split tunneling via VPN. It will give you a tad of overhead, and will require an additional step before your mount the drive but you should be able to get NFS working. Checkout openvpn, there are frontends for the application on a variety of host OS's.

In general, I'm not happy with the built-in behavior of the network and network file transfer components of OSX. I've seen very strange behavior in the FTP client, and I've also noticed that hickups on the network cause the finder to spin its "wheels" and waste time.

Golan.

Yes, that's probably a good choice for me, 'cause I currently have only my Linux box accessible on the Internet. I'm reasonably certain about its security, becaues I'm much more familiar with securing those systems. But more and more I'm finding myself wanting to get at my iMac when I'm away from home. A VPN would probably be a good thing to set up, all around.

Thanks.


Randall Schulz

iMac 20" Core Duo; MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I don't see the iSight in my drop-down list of default sources. The only option that I have available is USB Video Class Video.

I also show "DV Video" and "IIDC FireWire Video" as potential options, but they're grayed out. No iSight on the list.

This is in Yahoo Msgr Ver. 2.5.3, build 1062.

yeah...i was using my iSight with Yahoo Mssgr, then it suddenly stopped working. Doesn't show in the drop down. Ideas?

yeah my yahoo messenger just stopped using isight just awhile ago. i tried starting the webcam again and again through YM but all it would give me is a 1 sec peek in the cam then it would say "Stopped". what the heck is wrong with it??? i tried deleting yahoo messenger and installing it again but it still doesn't work. iphoto and ichat work just fine with the iSight.

this mbp is getting really annoying, makes me wish i hadn't bought it and stuck with my pb.

MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2.16Ghz, 100GB/7200rpm, 2gb

MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2.16Ghz, 100GB/7200rpm, 2gb

EXACTLY the same here. Would you let me know if you figure it out?

I'm using a AlBook and my iSight has stopped working with Yahoo Messenger as of a few days ago.

In my case, my default source is set for "IIDC FireWire Video" (the only source enabled) and when I click "Start My Webcam", my iSight clicks like it is starting up but then the cam window says "Stopped" and the green light turns off.

I suspect some security patch recently downloaded may have messed up something. Deleting plist files doesn't fix this, also!


AlBook 15 Mac OS X (10.4.6)