Communications issue resolution suggestion please

Chemfree · Post by **Chemfree** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:13 pm

I need to either have a two-way conversation or send a voice greeting across the world tonight(short notice I know)...but..
Cannot do it by phone(no phone numbers available from them and I`ve yet to buy a smartphone), only connection is through my desktop, which has issues...such as...
It`s still running on Vista, so can`t get latest Skype uploaded. I do chat with them through Gmail Hangouts, but it`s video connection doesn`t work(Vista, again). Also vids I`ve uploaded onto my PC cannot be viewed by me, but audio can be heard(uploaded from digital camera and voice recorder). Not found a way of getting these onto email...yet.
Any suggestions of other possible way of conveying verbals appreciated.
Regards,
Chem

Bob225 · Post by **Bob225** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:52 pm

videos will play on most machines with VLC Player iirc vista needs the codecs to play video (included in VLC) - Its been a long time

if you have the video files on the pc you just need to render them with something like windows movie maker, if you have a smartphone record the message on that then transfer the files to the pc and email them

Chemfree · Post by **Chemfree** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:03 pm

Thanks very much Bob for your quick reply, excellent suggestion, I`ll try that. Cheers.

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:46 pm

Facebook messenger allows you to make voice and video calls through a desktop browser.

Bob225 · Post by **Bob225** » Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:24 pm

if you have a smartphone and wifi there is no need for a pc at all, just setup your email on the phone