Difference among Video Calling and Webcam Sharing in YM 11

[Mudhol]

Hi, I have started using yahoo messenger 11 and really it is too good but still there are so many thing that I would like to know, such as the very first thing is like what is the Difference among Video Calling and Webcam Sharing? Are they same?

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

[Sheenas]

No they are totally different than each other at whatever you concern such as their requirement and functioning. I would like to tell you about some of the difference that I have noticed rather they are common.

Video calls:

1- This are a one-on-one video and voice exchange with a single person at a time.
2- It requires a connected webcam, microphone, and speakers.
3- necessitates that you and your friend use Yahoo messenger 10 or higher.

Webcam sharing:

1- Is a live video feed that can be transmit to one or more people at the same time who are able to access it only with your acquiescence.
2- Needs that you commence a detach PC-to-PC voice call if you want to have a voice exchange at the same time.
3- Only obliged a connected webcam.
4- Permits you and your friend to be on different versions of Yahoo! Messenger.

[Mudhol]

ok, I was also thinking the same as you have mentioned but still there could be some requirement for making videos calls through the messenger, isn’t it? I would be glad to know that but along with that give me some tips for using the video calling feature.

Anyways thanks for the suggestion.

[Henryosa]

off course there is special requirement that you must have to have or else you’ll not get the performance you are expecting.

- A PC with the Windows XP operating system or higher than that with a 1 GHz CPU processor and 512 MB of memory.

- Broadband Internet connection speed: Minimum of 300 Kbps.

- Video card: Minimum of 96 MB memory at least.

- Webcam: whichever good company you can have.

- Ensure you have the most recent version of Microsoft DirectX installed.