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WEADHD
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Mar 11, 2009, 05:59 PM
 
Hey All.
I have a Macbook Pro running Tiger version 10.4.11
I was thinking of getting an external webcam to make it easier to follow the constant movements of my 1-year-old son. Grandma watches him through Yahoo Messenger. It's getting impossible to follow him using the built-in iSight.
Does anybody know if I can connect an external webcam for this purpose?
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JKT
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Mar 12, 2009, 03:56 AM
 
Yes you can, but you will need to get hold of either an original FireWire iSight second hand, or use third party software to use a non-Apple USB webcam. E.g. macam
     
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Mar 12, 2009, 03:57 AM
 
A shareware alternative:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12294/iusbcam
     
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Mar 12, 2009, 03:57 AM
 
P.S. Check which third-party webcams are supported (and supported well) by the software - not all of them are.
     
CharlesS
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Mar 12, 2009, 04:21 AM
 
You don't need extra software like macam. Just get a camera which is UVC compliant - OS X includes drivers for UVC cameras.

This one is cheap and works great.

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Mar 12, 2009, 05:41 AM
 
Also, your grandmother should switch to Yahoo messenger. Unless its video capabilities improved dramatically since I used it last, its video chat is horrible compared to iChat or Skype.

You should definitely switch to Skype.
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