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Re: Skype video question



Haines Brown wrote:

which version of skype are you using and on what system?

> No luck. When I try to establish a connection, the interface still comes
> up with the camera icon crossed out. I assume that this icon should not be
> crossed out at any time, even before contact is made.

if it is grey and crossed while dialing it is ok. when call is established
the other party may enable video and then you see the normal icon

> 
> I notice that besides the crossed out video camera, to the left of the
> interface is the IM symbol. Does this mean that the communication mode
> I'm trying to establish is IM, not video? Under General Options, enabled
> is call rather than chat.

no - it looks like you never used skype, man. the symbol means chat - you
can start chat by pressing it with the person you are talking to.

> 
> I notice now that the contact with whom the problem first came up has a
> little blue video camera icon to the far right in my list of
> contacts. That icon is missing for another contact. What does this icon
> mean?

It means that the person has video camera setup and you can do a video call

Does the people you can not make video call have camera and can make video
call to other people using skype?

regards


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