NetMeeting w/ WinXP SP2

Former Member

Hi,
since I have installed Windows XP SP2 along with the new version of Netmeeting (3.01) it seems that I'm not able to send nor receive audio & video anymore.

I've tried this with a friend who has SP2 installed and one who hasn't yet. the result was the same. if I switched the windows firewall on I couldn't see nor hear my conference partner, neither could he. when I switched it off we could see each other's video but it was a really messed up (artifacts everywhere).

before I've installed SP2 it worked just fine.
all of us are on a broadband connection btw.

does anyone have the same problem and is there a solution?

Former Member

netmeeting is getting rather dated, have you tried using MSN Messenger for your voice/video conferencing?, It'll use upnp lan nat discovery and should work alot better than netmeeting ever did.

Other than turning off the firewall there Isn't much I can suggest. You could try patching your tcp/ip stack to allow more connections on a port, but I doubt this'll solve anything since netmeeting only opens up one connection. afaik capping the connections per port was one of the only main changes to the networking aspect of winxp.

I take it when you say "us all" you're implying that you're trying to have video conferencing with more than one person, hence the need for netmeeting.

It might be a problem with your network setup, perhaps something has changed during the install of sp2, are you all / some of you behind routers?

you could try running the network setu p wizard again on your XP machines.

imho if you're looking for video conferencing with video & sound to stream one cam/mic to multiple parties i'd suggest this application. Or if you've had problems establishing a connection with messenger's video conferencing then give this app a whirl!

hth,

noogness.

Former Member

i didnt think people still use netmeeting

Former Member

okay, then I guess we'll switch to webcamXP.
I always thought that NetMeeting was kind of "the standard"

Former Member

Okay, question:
is it possible in WebcamXP to connect directly to another party (like in Netmeeting)? or do I have to set up a website for that?

Former Member

you setup a webserver running on the person who's going to be broadcasting's computer and all the people who wish to view it visit that page.

Former Member

but I can't see them can I?

I guess I should go with the MSN Messenger then, no?

Former Member

yeah try msn first