[ibookuser2]

I've got an old GlobalVillage Video In USB box that I'd like to use with my PowerBook. I can reboot into 9 and use it, but I hate booting into 9.

It has Nogatech's USBVision chip in it. Is there a driver that can run this thing on OS X? I noticed that XLR8's InterView has the same chip and I tried its drivers, but they don't work. I tried the IOExperts driver, but it's not supported and won't install.

I found the USBVision for Linux project page. Would there be any way of recompiling that for OS X? I'm familiar enough with Linux and getting software to compile, but I know nothing about drivers and kernel mods.

Any suggestions?

[Diggory Laycock]

You don't need to make a kernel extension in OS X - you need to make a QuickTime vDig.

http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/...DigComp.16.htm

Then your video capture device becomes accessible to any QuickTime app that uses the Sequence Grabber (e.g. HackTV, BTV etc..)

[Uncle Skeleton]

you got me revved up to try my Belkin USB thing again after a long hiatus. I installed v2.1 of the InterView software, then uninstalled it and tried something for microscopes called USBShot, and then the ioexperts driver. nothing worked. So I would like to add that I am also interested in getting something to work, and I also don't know how to compile a QT Sequence Grabber driver.

PS, my Belkin doesn't even work in 9. it worked once, barely, under 9.0.4 I think. But I'm not installing 9.0.4 just for this

[ibookuser2]

Yeah, a good driver would be really nice. I *might* look into writing one this summer. Unfortunately, right now my Objective-C/Cocoa knowledge doesn't go much beyond "Hello, World!" but I'm hoping I'll have some time to learn. I've always wanted to know how to write drivers, maybe this is a good starting point

If I get anywhere, I'll be sure to let you guys know... don't count on anything though.

[Diggory Laycock]

here are the docs:

http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/...deoDigComp.htm

I should imagine this is quite a hard thing to do though.