General iChat questions for newbie to iChat

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General iChat questions for newbie to iChat

Hi gang. A couple of things have me confused and I seem to get conflicting answers. I have an Intel 20" iMac w/ built in iSight

1) If I start a video chat in iChat AV, will it, by default, use the built in mic on my screen for me to talk, or do I need to get a USB mic?

2) I notice that the iSight always displays a reversed or mirror image on my screen in PhotoBooth or when I try the test iChat AV using appleu3test01. Is this normal? Does it show the image correctly on the other end? Is there a way to switch it to show a true image by default? And why does it do this?

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Intel iMac 20" 2 GB RAM, 256 mb VRAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Intel iMac 20" 2 GB RAM, 256 mb VRAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Nov 12, 2006 2:16 PM

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Defcom-UK

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Nov 12, 2006 2:34 PM in response to Dolphbucs

Hi

1) if it's the only mic you have attached then yes, if you have another mic(USB) then you can change by going to ichat prefs/video and change microphone.

2) That's normal, apple made it that way because your used to looking yourself in a mirror(your brain wont get confused), it show's the image correct on the other end.

If you what to change try iGlasses http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/

Tony

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Dolphbucs Author

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Nov 12, 2006 2:42 PM in response to Defcom-UK

Thanks for the quick response defcom. And thanks for the iGlasses tip.

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