Hardware and software requirements

To be able use ZoomFriends effectively, we recommend that your system meets the following requirements:

Network:
  • Internet connection with speed of at least 24 Kbps in both directions.
  • If your network has a firewall or Proxy server installed we recommend to install full application version

Computer:

  • 700MHz Pentium III
  • Windows 98 SE, 2000, Millennium (Me), or XP
  • 128MB of RAM and 10MB of available hard disk space
  • A full duplex sound card
  • A speaker, or headset (a headset will reduce feedback noise)
  • A microphone
  • A PC video camera (to send video to other users)
In addition, make sure your computer has a sound card and a video card with these capabilities and software support:
  • DirectX 7.0 (or higher) support
  • 800 x 600 16-bit color (Hi-Color)

    ZoomFriends works with most PC video cameras that support a 320 x 240 image in any of the following display formats:

    • 16-bit Color (RGB16, RGB555 or RGBH)
    • 24-bit Color (RGB24, RGB888 or RGBT)
    • YUV12
    • I420

    A PC video camera will allow you to access all of the video features of ZoomFriends. Without a PC video Camera you can still communicate with audio and text. The following PC video Cameras are recommended for optimum use with ZoomFriends:

      • Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000
      • iREZ KX2 USB 2.0.

    The following are other cameras that have been successfully tested with ZoomFriends:

      • Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000;
      • Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks;
      • Logitech QuickCam Web;
      • Logitech QuickCam Express;
      • Intel Pro PC Camera;
      • Intel ProShare Conferencing;
      • Intel Deluxe PC Camera;
      • Intel Easy PC Camera;
      • Philips PCVC750K Camera;
      • Creative Web Go Camera;
      • Creative Web 3 Camera;
      • Creative WebCam Live!
      • Creative WebCam Live!Pro
      • Creative WebCam Live!Ultra
      • iREZ KX USB 1.1;

    For high quality performance we recommend to use ZoomFriends with ordinary cameras, using following capture cards:

      • Dazzle DV Creator 80
      • Aver EZ Media
      • Aver PCTV
      • Miro PCTV
      • Miro DC10
      • Miro DC30
      • Belkin USB VideoBus II
      • Fly Video EZ
      • Fly Video PCTV

    Note: If you have problems installing your camera software, or using your camera to do things like take snapshots or videos, please visit your camera's support page:

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