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External Video Camera webcam ?
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Having seen how useful a roaming video camera into Skype on PC is, I wonder, is it feasible to input an external video (or stills) camera into iMac, via USB or Firewire and have it available as a webcam source ?
I want higher quality and portability / useablity than an external webcam.
Perhaps even a 2.4ghz or similar system with USB output !
(I also have Formac Studio)
Perhaps there's even an app that allows hot switching between built in iSight and external camera ?
Again, for IM clients such as Skype.
Similarly for transmitting, real time, a video source, such as movie , AVI etc of iMac.
Will iChat do this?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2819
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Last edited by MacNNUK; May 15, 2009 at 01:38 AM.
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Would you be able to use an external iSight camera?
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Originally Posted by hatehereyes
Would you be able to use an external iSight camera?
Originally Posted by MacNNUK
I want higher quality and portability / useablity than an external webcam.
Video camera = higher quality, wider angle, zoom capability etc
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Oh dang, sorry I over read that.
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Here's a couple of Apple OSX drivers for external non mac USB webcams, which I found work very well with a cheapy Labtec webcam, whilst doing research, though the Labtec webcam itself is pretty low quality. (But then it was only £1.29 from Amazon UK)
http://download.driverguide.com/driv.../d1184923.html
Version with different menus:
HackTV Carbon
macam Downloads
Very similar apps, perhaps related in some way ?
One interesting point, using HackTVCarbon, whilst the Labtec records at its stated 352x288 x , the internal iSight records at 1600x1200, for anyone that wants to know the iMac resolution, on my iMac anyway.
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Internal 500gb / 8x external HDD's 250GB - 3TB (4x Time Machine)
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