LordEden

This is a guide to using TFP's Video Chat hosted on Tinychat.com. This will show you what the channel looks like, a simple how-to, and will show you what you most likely find once you click on the big "TFP Video Chat!" button we all see on the main page. First, let's walk through logging into TFP video chat.

Tinychat is a simple flash based chat interface that doesn't need a lot of instructions to use. There is no added software to download (besides Adobe Flash Player, which most people have installed already), so just clicking on the link will bring you straight to the channel.

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This is the first window you will see upon loading the chatroom.



TFP's Webchat is now password protected. This is the first screen you will see upon joining chat.

The password is: tfp



This is the login screen. Just type in your TFP Username and hit Login. Simple as that.

**Please don't login under facebook or twitter accounts, long story short, it can cause our room to be flooded by non-TFP people**

After logging into our little chat room, you will see the next screen.



This is what chat looks like most of the time. There are no cams running right now, people are just chatting in the channel. Cams are not always running, most of the time you get less than 3 people actually on webcam at the same time. This also means you do NOT have to have a webcam to chat in our channel. Most of the time it acts as a regular text based chat room.

As a quick reference, let's break down the chat room for anyone that is confused by the interface.



1. This button will let you pick your webcam and start broadcasting your webcam stream to the channel. You don't have to load extra software to do this, just have a working webcam attached to your computer.

2. This is the option panel that will let you change the settings of what webcam is broadcasting, if you want the sound in the channel muted, or if you want to use a mic in channel.

3. This is where you type text to enter into the chat room.

4. This is where all the text typed by the members of the chat room show up. You can scroll up and down if you need to go back to check something that was said in the channel.

5. This is a list of members in the channel right now. A star means that they are a "mod" or moderator in the channel. They have the power to kick/ban people and change settings in the channel. Only moderator/admins have this power in the channel.

Here are two more images of chat with one webcam and multiple webcams running.



This is what the channel looks like with one webcam running. World's King is currently broadcasting his webcam, which means that you can see (in real time) what he is doing. He supports TFP Video Chat.

Most of the time, Friday and Saturday nights (along with a few random times) look like this.



As you can see, there are multiple people on screen. The channel can have up to 12 webcams running at once and this does happen on some nights. I've even had to wait my turn to get on cam before . Here we have a bunch of people interacting in chat and on webcam. A fun time will be had by all and we always welcome TFP members into the channel. So, come on in and start chatting it up with us!

This is what the channel looks like with a whole room of web cams. This is a rare event but it is awesome when it happens.



**Side Note:

There has been talk of nudity in the chat room. I will say there is nudity *At Times* (less than 1% of the time) when you are in chat. If you think video chat is nothing but a non-stop parade of boobies and swinging dicks, you are sorely mistaken. Most of the time... this is the nudity you will see in chat.



Yes, I am shirtless for all the world to see. It is a horrifying thing, but please don't let it dissuade you from joining us in chat. I promise I won't let my chest hair bite.

If you have any questions about the channel, please email me (I basically live in that channel) or one of the mods for help.

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Xerxys

This is awesome! I have never had that much fun reading a tutorial!

Jetée

You're so insensitive!

(No, I don't mind, and if I helped even 1 person with my own tutorial, I achieved my aim. LordEden's will probably reach and help many more members than mine did, especially if it were to be simultaneously copied into The_Jazz's Sticky about the (once) new Video Chat.

(whoa? really... my original post is that cluttered? I might want to think about adding some spaces in-between the step-by-step procedure)

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rahl

Every time I try to open video chat, a message comes up and says IE can not open video chat...operation aborted. Am I doing something wrong?

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SecretMethod70

This will come across as snarky, but I swear it's not: Yes, you're using IE.

I don't know what the actual problem is, and yes video chat should work with IE, but honestly you should download Chrome, or Firefox, or Opera. Then, let us know if it still doesn't work.

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Jetée

I have a question: and it may seem outdated, but I'd like to know anyway.

I've never used Tinychat before. Does TFP VideoChat only work within this specific program, (which I know is readily available here onsite) or does the video implementation work all throughout multiple channels and programs because the feature is found within the IIRC room or coding or whatdjucallit?

Say if I fired up my Trillian (which has remained dormant for nearly a year now), would I be able to see others, or no?

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—Mohandas K. Gandhi

SecretMethod70

No, unfortunately it has to be through the tinychat website. IRC does not support video, though I wish it did.

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Le temps détruit tout

"Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

The_Jazz

Thanks, Eden! This is awesome!

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snowy

The Poof approves.

Thanks for the time and effort that went into making this. I hope it encourages other TFPers to join us!

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telekinetic

Did the 12 at once from yesterday get screenshotted properly?

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LordEden

Yes, I'm still not done with this guide, I plan on showing all the options for the page, re-editing the graphics to remove the ads (smeth you picky bastard) and adding that screen shot.

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Daniel_

Don't edit the pages, get ad blocker.

I recently installed adblock for Chrome and it has totally improved my interweb experience.

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LordEden

Updated

Touched up pictures and added the new password screen.

The password for our channel is tfp.

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Ice|Burn

Look into NoScript. It lets you selective load/block java script on pages. I'm not sure if there is a compatible version for chrome yet, but I love it in FF.

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ontheboardway

its such a informative post thanks for sharing it.