[PD] Webcam advice

Max Neupert abonnements at revolwear.com
Thu Feb 9 17:59:43 CET 2006


since the camera handling on os x is done by quicktime any usb or fw  
cam should work with pd if it works in quicktime.
correct me if i'm wrong.

max


Am 09.02.2006 um 17:40 schrieb nico:

>
> hi,
> this is my personnal experience with webcam and Gem:
> i got usb cam : Phillips toucam  2
>
> i had to dowload the macam drivers:
> http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/
>
> and i got my face in Gem.
> not glorious, but it works.
>
> hope you'll find a solution
> nicolas
>
>> Phew!
>>
>> Just got in from trudging the city centre of Plymouth...no  
>> Firewire webcams,
>> only USB! Doh!
>>
>> How do USB cams fare with the PD, GEM and Mac OS X combo? I'm sure  
>> I read
>> somewhere that they won't work, am I right?...should I just be  
>> ordering a FW
>> cam online already?!
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/2/06 14:26, "AshK" <ashk at azylum.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you that's a great advice! auto focus on iSight happens too
>>> often for me and the image gets blurred for some time and the patch
>>> gets lost.
>>>
>>> AshK
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 févr. 06, at 14:55, Vasily Kuznetsov wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm using Apple iSight with GEM/PD on Mac OS X Tiger.
>>>> Everything is pretty much fine, except for the autofocus
>>>> roaming, which sometimes happens if you point iSight
>>>> at something like a flat white wall, but autofocusing
>>>> can be switched off by sending [dialog( message to
>>>> pix_video and configuring everything in the appearing
>>>> dialog.
>>>>
>>>> Vasily
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 9, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Jonathan Goodwin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm about to go out and buy a webcam for integration of live
>>>>> footage. via
>>>>> gem's pix_video, into my current patch. Any advice tips etc on
>>>>> what to look
>>>>> for?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using Mac OS X and preferably want a firewire cam due to
>>>>> available
>>>>> ports. What works, what doesn't?...or can I buy any cam?!
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>
>>>>>





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