Hi, since it is very hard to implement this virtual camera, we decided to recommend using CamTwist in order to stream content for BoinxTV at this time. It turns out, that in combination with Syphon and SoundFlower this works very well for our customers.
best, Achim Breidenbach Boinx Software On 05.04.2012, at 09:12, Lee Grosbauer wrote: > Hi Alastair, > > It appears that you are inquiring how to turn any given application > into having the capability of being it's own virtual camera. All the > stand-alone virtual camera applications which George mentioned rely on > a specialized QuickTime component, so it's likely that's what would > need to be developed and then integrated directly into each app in > question in order for those apps to appear as cam sources to broadcast > hosts such as Ustream. It would be for others to say whether or not > that's do-able. I'm guessing however that the stand-alone virtual cams > are probably the most reasonable recourse. > > Lee > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Alastair Leith > <usefuldesign...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks for the leads, George. >> >> How do you envisage one would go about making an application's output appear >> to the system that it is a camera? Any idea what protocols determine 'this >> is a camera data-stream'? >> >> On 05/04/2012, at 3:00 PM, George Toledo wrote: >> >> If Ustream is looking for a "camera" input, you'd have your app or some QC >> plugin setup so that it looks like a camera driver to the system. >> >> There are some opensource projects that use macam or fakam to do that >> (https://github.com/rsodre/ofxFakam , or "Synapse")... I think I've seen >> some sample code at the ADC that does something like that as well, but I'm >> not 100% sure, can't recall any project names. I have the impression that >> the app camtwist has that function, as far as already available apps go. >> Again, don't use it, so I'm not 100% certain about that. >> >> -gt > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/achim%40boinx.com > > This email sent to ac...@boinx.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
