[PD] Webcam&hardware requirements

[Matthijs van Henten]

How about these usb adaptors that have a zoran chipset?

It's a cable with usb plug on one side, and rca/svideo on the other side.
They're available from belkin for 80 euros over here (netherlands).
I don't know about drivers for mac etc. but there's some linux support.

http://usbvision.sourceforge.net/

If you're on mac, firewire cam or dec would of course be good
( don't try it on linux...)

On pc/linux I'd use an old  box, a bttv card and a security cam - 
perfect res, 30fps, and fantastic zoom :)
also latency is propably lowest as possible ( even on the mac you'll 
still have to decode the dv stream)
bttv cards do about 12 euro second hand in the netherlands.

rainer kohlberger wrote:
> 
> On Aug 30, 2005, at 21:39, Rune Lain Knudsen wrote:
> 
>> I hope this is not too OT, but I'm working on a project where PD/ GEM 
>> is going to be used for interpretation of a tree's movement  caused by 
>> wind.
>> Basically a camera will be used to record a tree, this will be made  
>> into a moviefile that will be uploaded to a website periodically.  The 
>> movement from the tree will be the basis for triggering a
> 
> 
> 
>> Does anyone have any recommendations regarding a camera/webcam that  
>> doesn't cost too much and which is capable of recording 30fps with  a 
>> fairly
>> good resolution? It also needs a zoom lens as the tree will be a  bit 
>> far away from the camera.
> 
> 
> i think your requirements does not fit with low cost equipment. i  don't 
> know about a [web]cam that has good zoom and is able to record  30f and 
> is cheap. there will be two ways: 1) buy an (external)  capture card and 
> a monitoring cam (high latency). 2) buy a cheap  camcorder (300-400eur) 
> and plug it in to mac mini's firewire port.
> 
> 
>> I was thinking about using a mac mini to record, interpret and  
>> upload; would the standard(1.4Ghz/512MB/80GB) be enough for this?
>>
> 
> should be enough,
> but maybe a cheap pc + onboard/internal capture card + monitoring cam  - 
> commercial os would be cheaper.
> 
> 
> 
> r!
> 
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