See and speak: a guide to making video calls

By Ian Grayson on 14 March 2008

Would you like to see who you're talking to? Making video calls is easier than you think. CNET.com.au steps you through the options.

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Comments (3)

  • palmplex commented on 02/04/2008 10:47 Report abuse

    Does anyone know of mobile software for a windows PDA that allows video calling over the internet/WiFi rather than using the 3G network ??

  • El Nino commented on 15/03/2008 13:18 Report abuse

    When will video calls for Skype be available for SkypeOut?

  • canberra_photographer commented on 14/03/2008 21:27 Report abuse

    Good, but a couple of things,
    Most services require at least 512kb/s connection for video. Some can go down to 256kb/s. None support dial up as there's no ability to buffer real time two way video really. This is not made clear in the article, which merely recommends a fast connection.
    Also, that thing about motion in the video is just wrong. The amount of data is dependent on the bitrate. Video communications services I use have always used Constant Bitrate in which case the data remains the same. For your suggestion to work, keeping movement to a minimum, you would need to use variable bitrate which I do not believe is supported by video messaging clients. DVDs use Variable bitrate, hence action scenes can be around 8000kb/s while credits drop to 3000. The same has not being true for online streaming video of any description which more often than not uses constant bitrate.

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