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Version 4

 


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These iChat 4 pages are coloured Gray and have the iChat 4 icon on them that was in use at the time, so you know where you are. The icon differs little from the Version 3 version.

 

iChat 4 Pictures Connection Doctor

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1[3] 01 Connection Doctor. Oct 2008

This is the iChat 4 Connection Doctor Window when a Chat is in progress.

In iChat 4 a drop down for the Statistics, as shown, the Error messages and now Capabilities has been Added. The Error option will be greyed out if there are no Error Messages during this opening of iChat.

The info shown in this section is no different from the iChat 1 or iChat 2 versions. You are the Local person with only your Framerate and Bit Rates displayed.

Your Buddy will be named and his (or her) Frame and Bit rates will be shown along with two bars as a graphical representation of their feed to you. If all is going well they should show 100% and be Green at about 50% in will go Amber and further down it will go Red.

If they Pause Video or Mute their Mic (Both controlled from the Video menu but the Mic has a Mute Button on the chat Window) their bar will go white and show 0% If they do both for longer than 10 Secs you will get an Error message.

The Framerate should be around 15fps. 10fps is the workable Minimum and may be seen in chats with AIM on a PC Chats.

As iChat 4 can do multiple chats in both Video chats and Audio only chats you will see different info in the main picture if you are the Host (the one that invited everyone). Each Buddy will have their own details and Green bars.

If you are just a participant then you will see one like this main picture with just you and the Host.

Audio Only multi-chats can be done over Dial-Up but Video chats needs the Host to have at least a G4/1Ghz Dual Processor and 384k up and down Internet Connection. (with ADSL it can be done at 1Mb Down and only 256k Up but the Video gets increasing blurry as you add Buddies). VIdeo can not be done to a Dial-Up Buddy


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The Connection Doctor whilst a Video chat was in progress

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