Clark Martin wrote: > Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:46 PM, nestamicky wrote: >> >> >>>> As a video chat camera, under good lighting, it's looks to be a good >>>> webcam...it's just too bad it isn't a USB2 camera, so it works >>>> natively with iChat. >>>> >>>> >>> Until your last comment about USB2, I believed that iChat will only >>> work >>> with Firewire camera's. You learn everyday, if you're willing and >>> ready >>> to. Thanks a lot Bruce. >>> >> >> The cameras in the iMacs and Macbook/macbook pros are USB cameras. >> There;'s a specific class of USB cameras that works natively with iChat. >> > > They finally developed the USB Video Class (UVC), a standard protocol > for accessing video devices (cameras, composite video adapters, etc). I > don't know what took "them" so long. > > Some version of Tiger introduced support for UVC cameras. A later > version added support for them in iChat. So if you are using 10.4.11 or > Leopard then UVC is supported. > > So any UVC camera can be used with 10.4.11. The problem is that a lot > of UVC cameras do not say they are UVC capable on the packaging or in > some cases in the manufacturers online docs. But most or all will say > they are Vista compliant which is the same thing. > > Well this is good to know. Now I turn my attention to a video web server...where people can log in and see a live stream. Ideas?
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