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General => Computers / Internet => Topic started by: carolinej on May 16, 2007, 13:25:28

Title: Mac webcam.
Post by: carolinej on May 16, 2007, 13:25:28
hello :)

I use a mac. When I am on msn, I cant see any webcams. Does anyone know a way to get around this?

cj :)

Title: Re: Mac webcam.
Post by: norfolklass on May 16, 2007, 13:34:32
I quite often have a similar problem.
I've just gone to the birdcam page and Safari suggested using Windows Media Player to view the webcam, I clicked OK and it worked. do you have Windows Media Player? or have you already tried that?
Title: Re: Mac webcam.
Post by: carolinej on May 16, 2007, 15:38:21
I havent tried windows media player, so I will give it a go.

What is the birdcam page? I'm not very good with all this, as you can tell!

Thanks

cj :)
Title: Re: Mac webcam.
Post by: norfolklass on May 16, 2007, 15:51:53
sorry, birdcam page refers to a thread on here that someone had just replied to so it was at the top of my unread threads list!

here's the thread:
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,91/topic,30018.0
try clicking on the link in red at the top of that page:
QuoteI have a bluetit in the process of building, so if you want to have a peep, pop along here.

this should open up a new window to view the webcam, then I get the following message:

"Some content on this page requires an Internet plug-in that Safari doesn’t support. The application “Windows Media Player.app” may be able to display this content. Would you like to try?"

then I click OK, WMP opens automatically, the little video screen takes a few seconds to buffer, then I get loverly babby birds to distract me from my work ;D
Title: Re: Mac webcam.
Post by: carolinej on May 16, 2007, 20:20:00
Just tried that. I dont get any messages, just a black webcam. :-\

Ah well :(

cj :)