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25-07-2006, 08:30 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Skype 1.5 Beta with video support is out, you can download it from here ..
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/...eopreview.html |
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25-07-2006, 08:32 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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So not Skype 2.whatever? Is this version identical to version 2.x on the PC?
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25-07-2006, 08:34 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane - Australia
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so awesome... finally...
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25-07-2006, 08:57 PM
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Group: Regulars
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The original post link is for version 1.5.0.47. The link to the beta from http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/ is http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/15beta.html which allows you to download the version 1.5.0.48. (for those who like the bleeding edge  ) |
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25-07-2006, 09:13 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane - Australia
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weird stuff going on 1.5.0.47 is labelled video preview and works with video, i installed 1.5.0.48 and all video disappeared. Think that they might be different betas or things are being updated quickly...
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25-07-2006, 10:40 PM
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Hello?
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Perth
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Yep, two different betas - one with video and one without. I noticed the sound quality to the test call is a lot better.
Anyone online want to try a quick video test?
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25-07-2006, 10:45 PM
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Ultimate Consumer
Group: Regulars
Location: Canberra ACT
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No mention of video in the "What's new for Mac 1.5 BETA" either - which is the 1.5.0.48 version?
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25-07-2006, 10:48 PM
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Hello?
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Perth
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They don't have the video in the other version, as that brings the new enhancements in 1.5 without the flakiness of having video.
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25-07-2006, 11:57 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Gold Coast, QLD
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Just tried the video one and although the other party does not have a webcam, audio and video quality rocked according to his comments. Seems quite stable and not a memory hog for a preview as well.
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26-07-2006, 06:27 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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Yeah, I had a video chat with someone in London last night. Looked good at my end. Although audio was a bit dodgy. Cutting in and out. But maybe the bandwidth wasn't there on my broadband upstream.
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26-07-2006, 11:07 AM
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Group: Regulars
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Just tried the Skype video-beta chatting with a PC user (Dell XP) and they received better video than we've managed to get with any other software (and it worked with an old USB webcam). 
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26-07-2006, 03:11 PM
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Group: Regulars
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Call me silly, but when using Skype Video does that affect your upload/download usage allowance with your ISP?
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26-07-2006, 03:20 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne (back in the midst of Thecal matter)
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bjs1965 @ Jul 26 2006, 04:11 PM) [snapback]198551[/snapback]</div>
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Call me silly, but when using Skype Video does that affect your upload/download usage allowance with your ISP?
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I would say so!  Not tried the video yet, but when I use it for voice calls my up/down speeds sit at 4KBps each, which works out at around 14Meg per hour both uploaded and downloaded (I think, feel free to correct me on my maths!) |
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26-07-2006, 04:30 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney, Australia
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I just tried the beta version with a friend in Indonesia. Although I dont have a camera yet, I could see them very clear and I also like the full screen mode! This looks like it might solve the cross platform video conferencing problem between mac and pcs if there is a video support version for pcs. Anyone know if its avail yet?
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26-07-2006, 04:34 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane - Australia
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pc video version has been available for ages...
cheers
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