New beta version brings High Quality Video
By
Villu Arak on October 10, 2007 in Skype Beta and new releases.
Wow, is that a ladybug on your shoulder? Check out our newest beta version with High Quality Video.
Most of you know that free Skype video calling has been around for a while, giving friends and family the opportunity to have a much deeper connection. Well now we’ve improved the quality so much with High Quality Video, it’s like you’re right there with them.
This means that now when you call your mom to let her see little Johnny, she’ll feel like she’s right there giving him a big Grandma hug.
In order to make High Quality Video calls, in addition to running the latest version of Skype (currently Skype 3.6 for Windows beta), your system needs to meet certain hardware requirements.
Want to know more about how you can make clearer, sharper video calls? Find out here.
Comments
i dont know what is wrong but when i click the link to download the beta i get the lastest version of skype 3.5. could someone explain why this is happening. anyone reading this try to download it to find out.
kerrygrante | Wednesday, Oct 10
not sure if I am able to reproduce the issue as you described...
anyhow, simply go to:
http://www.skype.com/go/downloading-beta
...or for direct download
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-beta
I have just tested above links and both works just fine.
pablotextoris | Wednesday, Oct 10
What about a Mac version?
PLEASE ... I already have the "QuickCam Pro for Notebooks" webcam on my MacPro.
netvim | Friday, Oct 12
Forgot ... I also have an MacbookPro (with a builtin iSight of course). Will future Skype versions will work with this as HighQuality video?
Thank you very much
netvim | Friday, Oct 12
I signed on to Beta yesterday to download, all seemed to be fine but then when I contacted on of my usual contacts, there was no video replay in the bottom lefthand of my computer screen My contact could see me as usual but the picture on my screen was frozen as a photo. Has anyone else experienced that, maybe someone has a suggested cure, or should I just dump beta and go back to stype 3.5
john.doreen.batty | Saturday, Oct 13
I signed on to Beta yesterday to download, all seemed to be fine but then when I contacted on of my usual contacts, there was no video replay in the bottom lefthand of my computer screen My contact could see me as usual but the picture on my screen was frozen as a photo. Has anyone else experienced that, maybe someone has a suggested cure, or should I just dump beta and go back to skype 3.5
john.doreen.batty | Saturday, Oct 13
I signed on to Beta yesterday to download, all seemed to be fine but then when I contacted on of my usual contacts, there was no video replay in the bottom lefthand of my computer screen My contact could see me as usual but the picture on my screen was frozen as a photo. Has anyone else experienced that, maybe someone has a suggested cure, or should I just dump beta and go back to skype 3.5
john.doreen.batty | Saturday, Oct 13
High quality video also works with the mac. Here is a description what you have to do. https://developer.skype.com/SkypeGarage/SkypeForMacExperimental
rabrandhofer | Wednesday, Oct 17
When are we going to see multi-user video conferencing? Well, OK, low quality would do the trick as well
Really, I would love see this feature.
In the meantime, you may enable video conferencing while on a call with multiple users (e.g. Mom has a cam, but Grandpa doesn't - while talking to them, I should still be able to see Mom)
cryout2 | Thursday, Oct 18
I think it is good that Skype keeps improving its tools, but I am indeed concerned how it is becoming into bloatware without even having a good contact manager. It would be great to have a small, fast version with a clean interface for truly voice/text/video communications and other with all the "entertainment" stuff like Skype find, Live, etc. If the company finances are not as good as they would be, maybe is because of this, the business is in making people call, not having "fun". I am not saying that the extras are bad, just let people ot choice them.
simontemplar2099 | Monday, Oct 22
I think it is good that Skype keeps improving its tools, but I am indeed concerned how it is becoming into bloatware without even having a good contact manager. It would be great to have a small, fast version with a clean interface for truly voice/text/video communications and other with all the "entertainment" stuff like Skype find, Live, etc. If the company finances are not as good as they would be, maybe is because of this, the business is in making people call, not having "fun". I am not saying that the extras are bad, just let people ot choice them.
simontemplar2099 | Monday, Oct 22
Wow! Great! But what about Linux version which doesn't even have video!?? What a shame!
jfbarro | Thursday, Oct 25
Is there a possibility of having video in the Windows Mobile version? Wifi and unlimited 3G plans are available now and it is possible to programatically access the camera of a Windows Mobile device easily (as Ateksoft did).
z_rudy | Sunday, Oct 28
Cool picture, what song were you listening to?
:-)
chucksty1 | Wednesday, Nov 7
what about the soooooong ??
http://www.3lm1.com
k_s_a17 | Thursday, Dec 6
i used to have 3.5beta but when i found out that there is a new version which is 3.6 im soooo happy and decided to download it but when im finished i cant sign in (dont know why)so what i did i uninstall 3.6 and looked for the 3.5 beta but cant really find it & everytime i tried to dwnload the 3.6 always came out.... WHY? and now i regret about it. so can anybody out there tell me what to do pls coz im desperate now. if i cud just download 3.5 ill be the happiest person in the world... so pls pls help me what to do..btw im using window xp duo...thnx! T_T
myangel00 | Monday, Dec 31