Woes of Webcams
October 5th 2007 19:23
Webitz.net has suffered a bit of late because I’m travelling in Europe at the moment, and don’t have as much time to blog as normal. So this post is an attempt to keep things running.
We bought a webcam yesterday, and spent the rest of the evening frustrated because we couldn’t get everything to gel together. The webcam seemed to be showing a delayed picture, so that when you spoke your mouth would appear saying the words a few moments later. Rather like a film where the soundtrack is out of sync.
And then when we rang one of our daughters, she couldn’t see us - which rather defeated the object of the whole exercise - and we couldn’t hear her. Oh, dear.
I was of a mind to take the thing back while we were still in the same city, but my wife persevered with it this morning, along with many encouraging remarks and suggestions from yours truly, and we managed not only to see ourselves on the screen, but to be seen by the recipient. And to be heard, and to hear.
The joys of Skype are wondrous to behold - when everything’s working properly.
We bought a webcam yesterday, and spent the rest of the evening frustrated because we couldn’t get everything to gel together. The webcam seemed to be showing a delayed picture, so that when you spoke your mouth would appear saying the words a few moments later. Rather like a film where the soundtrack is out of sync.
And then when we rang one of our daughters, she couldn’t see us - which rather defeated the object of the whole exercise - and we couldn’t hear her. Oh, dear.
I was of a mind to take the thing back while we were still in the same city, but my wife persevered with it this morning, along with many encouraging remarks and suggestions from yours truly, and we managed not only to see ourselves on the screen, but to be seen by the recipient. And to be heard, and to hear.
The joys of Skype are wondrous to behold - when everything’s working properly.
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