Improving webcam broadcast quality

Hello all, it's been a while since I've posted.

So, my girlfriend and I have both have Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 webcams.
She's got a Powerbook running OS 10.3.5
I've got an Inspiron running XP
We both have a cable modem connection.
We are viewing each others webcams (no kinky stuff!) via Yahoo Messenger, in part because the Logitech box says that that's the only program that will work with the webcam on a mac.

So we're all set up but the quality is just, well, underwhelming.

The picture itself is pretty clear, but the broadcast is pretty choppy, ie. not fluid at all. In other words, if I wave my hand from side to side, she'll just see my hand on one side, and then a half second later, my hand on the other side, without seeing any "waving motion" in between if that explains it a little better. There's also a few-second delay, which I'm guessing is ineveitable. But it's improving the broadcast quality that I'm really concerned with.

We've both got fairly new computers on a broadband connection with brand new webcams. Any ideas?

Much thanks!!!!

 

I'm not sure if this works, but can you try MSN Messenger? It might work on a mac.
Also, if there's many people using Yahoo messenger at one time it can go quite slow.
Another thing to consider is do you have any P2P software installed? That can slow a connection down quite a bit.

 

Is MSN Messenger known to work better with webcams than Yahoo Messenger?

 

i've cammed with people on messy ... even when the other person had dial I didn't get much stuttering

 

messy = msn messenger?

 

msn always works better for me.