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May 24, 2005 at 7:21 pm #18414chikenkickerMember
is there any way to get it on windows 2000? i know it says xp, but so does the aim triton for downloading it, but i have that on my computer, and i was just wondering if there was a work around to get video IM on my aim
May 26, 2005 at 4:34 am #122382SULAX50MemberThis is due to MSFT’s Real Time Communications (RTC) limitations. RTC 1.2 which is the version that aim windows requires runs on XP with aim only. Unlike Triton, which we left a hole in the full install to install on 2K, this is not the case with RTC 1.2.
May 26, 2005 at 4:38 am #122380chikenkickerMemberoh, so there is no way possible to get video im on my aim?
May 26, 2005 at 4:49 am #122383SULAX50Memberyou can try two things. If you are on 2K you can try downloading rtc 1.2 here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae0bdc75-9f2f-4217-b97f-dfa0adf264aa&displaylang=en
But, our underlying code checks on some details other than just rtc version, namely win version, and that may have u run into problems.
Of course the other solution is to upgrade to XP, but i realize that, this is an extreme solution, and one I hate recommending, as I still have a 98 and 2K box I use every day. Just to whet you appetite you should take a look though at the latest AIM Triton beta for what we have done with video.
http://beta.aol.com/projects/tritonbeta/#vid
We have spent lots of time making the video experience more eye catching with 3d effects, etc.
May 26, 2005 at 4:56 am #122381chikenkickerMemberyeah but triton takes up alot of cpu, it has like 5 processes running at 1 time, and its really slow, aside from that i’d use triton more often, also whats with aol bundling aol explorer in with the new 5.9 betas?
May 26, 2005 at 5:06 am #122384SULAX50MemberAgain since triton is a beta we are doing things that will likely be fixed over time. I know for a fact that performance was something I was working on today. My guess is that with the latest beta release yesterday afternoon improves performance a good deal from beta 1. I have not bothered to measure it yet, but for subsequent releases, I am sure you will see real measured improvements.
In terms of 5.9, I have not been party to the 5.9 development, since Triton is the main priority, but from what I have seen after using it, it seems like the explorer is there for AIM Mail and the convience of retreiving mail. Here’s rooting for IMAP access soon.
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