AOL tests streaming-video IM service
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 07 November 2003 - 09:51 · 10 comments & 664 views
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#1 Posted by cork1958 on 07 Nov 2003 - 11:13
- Oh boy!! Yippy skippy!!!
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#2 Posted by roadwarrior on 07 Nov 2003 - 12:03
- I'm curious if this will be compatible with iChatAV? Knowing AOL, it probably won't.
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#2.1 Posted by ~~NeYo~~ on 07 Nov 2003 - 13:20
- it would make sense to be! If so, i *AM* getting an iSight!
... Wonder if AOL will use the 'standards' Apple introduced for Video / Audio streaming - Surely doing so would be 'relatively' easy?!
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#2.2 Posted by roadwarrior on 07 Nov 2003 - 13:41
- There's actually a patch out there that will let you use iChatAV with pretty much any USB webcam that is supported in OS X. I can't see paying over $100 for a webcam when I have three perfectly good USB cams sitting around here, two of which aren't even being used anymore.
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#2.4 Posted by roadwarrior on 07 Nov 2003 - 17:02
- Search versiontracker for "usb webcam". One of the results there has some info on it. I can't remember the exact software at the moment.
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#3 Posted by Mister Lamar on 07 Nov 2003 - 12:51
- Im used the beta of AIM thats out now, 5.5.3415, it secretly install Wild Tangent, I had got #$% mad, I uninstalled it, and AIM worked fine, but for some strange reason I had to reinstall it every 3 days, cause it would not load. I downgraded to the 5.2.3292
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#4 Posted by matric on 07 Nov 2003 - 19:28
- I don't understand this. Wouldn't it have made sense for AOL to release a version internationally with the Webcam functionality, but leave it out for the US version because of this restriction? Then they would have been able to compete in other markets globally. The other advantage of this is when it is allowed in the US, they can release it immediately, since it is already written.
This happens in the reverse - the United States gets all the features, and so does Australia, but they are unavailable due to it recognising I'm from Australia. Surely doing the reverse wouldn't have been out of the question.
Though I hate to say it (since I like Americans in general), but maybe it was difficult for them to deal with the fact that something was just out of their reach. Therefore the solution is, since "we can't have it, nobody can have it". Hmmm, well in today's society you would think we have progressed further than that. Though if you look at the antics of Bob Brown when George Bush was here addressing federal government here, you would definately see otherwise.
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#5 Posted by Bling3k12 on 07 Nov 2003 - 21:20
- I just want it to work with iChat AV... that would be nice
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#6 Posted by wa22guy on 11 Nov 2003 - 01:29
- If it's not compatible with iChat, then AOL needs to be shut down because of their lack of intelligence.
"We're looking to have the feature in a beta version of AIM before the end of the year," AOL spokesman Derrick Mains said. In addition, AOL is testing IM streaming video in its proprietary online service, code-named Tahiti. The company said the software will offer a number of new features, such as the ability to dial into the Internet without launching the AOL service. AOL has not set a time frame for launching Tahiti.
AOL's IM tests come months after the Federal Communications Commission lifted restrictions that barred AOL from offering streaming video over IM. The FCC's rules had been imposed as a condition of approving the merger between America Online and Time Warner in 2001. The FCC believed the restrictions would prevent AOL from achieving an unfair advantage by offering high-speed services through its IM services, which at the time enjoyed an overwhelmingly large share of the market.
What's New in This Release:
Encoder fixes:
- Slow mode 5-10% faster than 5.1.1 Beta 1
- Slowest mode 5-10% faster than 5.1.1 Beta 1
- Issues with Psychovisual and DirectShow Encoder
- Resize issues with DirectShow Encoder
- Fix issues with capture applications
Decoder fixes:
- Issue with n B frames and Deblocking fixed
Changes:
- Psychovisual Disabled by default
- Feedback mode Disabled by default