My Panasonic is a DV cam, and has firewire out.
Getting new notebook dual core 1.8 AMD.
Up speed at church is 450 kbs (I tested)
Their down speed is 1.5 mps
Stewart
At 08:52 AM 1/18/2008, you wrote:
We've used camcorders--Canon Elura and Canon Optura--and an iSight
camera, with PowerMac/iBook/MacBook to long-distance video messaging
using iChat. Analog video cams work OK, just not as well as DV
cams. At one meeting the other people were in San Francisco and we
were in Wilmington, Delaware. At another the two locations were in
the US and Australia. We used a projector to show the live chat to a
group. I think AIM can also do video messaging. There are many
other programs that can do this, but they're all more complicated
than using iChat on a Mac. Borrow a Mac.
You can also stream video from a Nokia web phone [N95, N800, etc.--
or any high-end WiFi camera phone]. The phone streaming by itself is
really easy, but could be expensive unless you both have free
reliable weekend service! More complicated is streaming from the
phone via WiFi to a computer [or using a DV camcorder] with
QuickTime streaming server,
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/index.html --
Mac/Win/Linux
Use a DV camcorder with digital video [FireWire] out with a fast
notebook. Newer Mac notebooks have built-in video cameras but an
external cam is more convenient and has better resolution. You'll
also need a tripod.
What's the connection speed in the church and at your in-laws' location?
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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