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    Default Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    Hi ladies, did you notice too a drastic lowering in the quality of the videocalls?
    A couple of days ago a real life friend of mine told me (he showed me screenshots too) and I was like no it's fine for me.
    Then I just had a skype show, at the beginning it was good as usual, then it went all crappy.
    During the videocall the "bars" said my cam was good, as well as the connection speed.
    The guy was super polite and said he could see me just fine.

    Curious to hear your replies!

    I don't want to lose potential new customers cause they think my cam sucks, damn!

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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    It's been generally fine for me, although when the connection falters you do get that sudden low-res pixelation for a few moments. But that has always been the case, as far as i know.

    I will keep an eye out this week, now that you brought it up.

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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    I don't understand why warning messages would pop up (like warning you that the microphone is too low or something like that) when things appeared fine on my end and the guy's end. I was on Skype the other night with a guy who was in Paris, France, and I couldn't understand what he was saying because his sound was cutting in and out really badly. His video was fine though.
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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    I swear every video call I get lately disconnects and says, "The connection is bad between you two" (or whatever it says). My internet speed is quite fast. The only people I really skype with are in the UK area so maybe that has something to do with it? I don't know, but it is very annoying!

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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    SAME!!! About 80% of my shows are indy. I thought it was my internet connection so I upped my package with comcast... and its STILL THE SAME!!!! Drives me nuts. The worst part is, if i have a little 10 min show, with a client that only last 4min, the video will be perfect and crystal clear the entire time.

    If I have a 30/m show... the video will start cutting out in the first 2 mins.

    I get SO annoyed when my client complains, I have to hide my face so that my cam doesnt come back on with me making my angry face. hahah.

    I understand why they complain, If I was spending that kind of money, I would expect the quality to be perfect.

    The worst is when the video does fine for the first half of the show, and then you have to restart it for some reason or another, and the guys either lose track of how long it has already been, or the "moment" has been ruined and you have to give extra time, to make up for it.



    /end rant

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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    ^^^did y'all recently do a skype update?

    Thanks to ElainiaIsis I don't do updates until they've been around for a while and other people have tried them out. For example, right before New Years, skype released an update which totally compromised the stability of skype calls, and thanks to Elainia I was able to give my customers a link to a beta version of skype to replace the faulty update.

    I ask cuz I have skype updates pending that I haven't accepted, and I've been using skype quite heavily over the past week (was offline the week before) and haven't noticed a problem-the quality has been great. Whenever I do have skype stability issues it does tend to be with UK guys, as their internet speed tends to be slower than ours here in North America, but I've done several UK calls without issue lately.

    If anyone has recently done an update and noticed the problem emerged after that, PM me and I'll try to find the beta link. Either way, I really hope y'all are able to get the issue sorted. Good luck!

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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    I sometimes have connection problems (when it turns up that red text that says something like bad connection!!1) but is almost always a guy's end problem.
    Did a 1hour long videocall yesterday and was totally.
    And I did the update yesterday unfortunately argh

    And why from time to time my cam feed box turns more rectangular all of sudden?!

    I still think skype is the best option thou

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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    It isn't too hard to roll back your skype version. Simply uninstall and google previous versions, find a respectable site, and use that installer.
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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    I'm so glad I haven't updated Skype yet. I swear they have a new update every week!



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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    @Whiteheat, If you just did an update yesterday then that probably isn't the problem (although I'm with you LadyCoco)

    I always tell guys with connection issues to plug in their ethernet cord, if they're using wireless, and close up all the other applications on their computer (yahoo messenger, etc). That can mitigate the issue slightly. I have a great internet connection, but even I find that when I do shows anywhere other than my bedroom (where my router is located), my feed is clearer when I plug in the ethernet.
    Apparently skype uses up a ton of bandwidth, which makes using it an imperfect experience for guys who have crappy internet (UK guys being a good example of that) or a crappy computer. I definitely agree it's superior prefer to msn and yahoo though, despite the hassles.

    I'm not sure if this download is still available, but I found the link in my skype convo history, as I gave it to a few of my guys having issues at the beginning of the year, when a skype update emerged that seemed to crash alot of customer's skype/internet with alarming frequency, and it worked for them. ElainiaIsis originally identified the problem and found the link, so props to her

    If you have a good reg who's having issues, send the link to him and (assuming the link still works) see if there's an improvement the next time you two do a skype call together.



    Decalyn's idea is a great one as well. If you can identify when the problems began, reinstall whatever version of skype was being used before that date, and ask your best regs to do the same. If you're sure the problem isn't on your end, however, then don't bother removing and reinstalling your own.
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    Default Re: Skype's videocalls quality these current days

    Quote Originally Posted by Decalyn View Post
    It isn't too hard to roll back your skype version. Simply uninstall and google previous versions, find a respectable site, and use that installer.
    If anybody needs an old version, here you go.


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