Need software suggestions for live web conference.

[Lothar1974]

My wife has never missed Christmas with her family in Iowa but this year we cannot make it there so I wanted to earn some bonus points by setting up a live video connection via web cam or camcorder. Her dad always does the night before Christmas and I wanted to have it so they can see each other live. I know this is possible just not sure how to do it?

This is a dup post from the Technical support forum, It was suggested to post here for better suggestions. So again if anyone has a good idea what to use I would really appreciate the help!

 

[Lothar1974]

anyone?

 

[WobbleWobble]

Many instant messaging programs like MSN Messenger make it real easy to setup video chats.

 

[INM8]

Yeah, iv got relatives in Germany we use MSN Messenger with Logitech Quickcams. That seems to be the easiest way to do it. If you have a video capture device on your pc (eg. Composite Input) you could use a camcorder and set messenger to stream from that source.

I havent used these other apps, but i believe you can also use:

AIM (aol instant messenger)
Yahoo Messenger
Skype
Windows Netmeeting (this software is very old now, and its harder to setup. I wouldnt reccoment using it)
and many more....