[Webcam-osx-devs] I've had some progress...

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:50:15 -0700

Hello again,

I have realized that the ZC030x driver has some kind of interaction with my generic Chinese camera. Not only is it listed to support my camera on the linux Spca5xx-LE page as supporting my camera, but also you have clearly made attempts to upgrade macam to function with this camera type in your last two releases by adding zc030x support (as it says so in your readme notes). This is why in the 0.8.7 and 0.8.6 releases macam recognizes the camera, however due to some factor, the camera produces no images. Interestingly, in the 0.8.6 release the top 25% of the screen is some kind of static rainbow fuzz. It doesn't move at all, although it does turn with the rotation feature so that at a 180 degree rotation the bottom 25% has the fuzz instead of the top.


I hope this helps...

-Phil

Begin forwarded message:

From: Philip Beasley-Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 6, 2006 4:09:52 PM CST
Subject: PS...

When I say in the e-mail that macam knows the name of the camera, I mean that in the main window of the application, at the bottom it says "status: connected to vimicro generic vc0305."

I just wanted to add that to make my e-mail clearer.

Thanks again,

Phil

Begin forwarded message:

From: Philip Beasley-Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 6, 2006 4:04:55 PM CST
Subject: unsupported camera (vimicro/chinese web cam)

Hello,

I am currently studying in China and want to be in touch with friends and family over the webcam that I bought here, but alas it is unsupported by your program.

The camera, according to the system profiler, is this:

PC Camera:

  Version: 1.00
  Bus Power (mA): 500
  Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: Vimicro Corp.
  Product ID: 0x305b
  Vendor ID: 0x0ac8



I am using the lastest release of macam (0.8.7) and the latest of mac os x: os x.4.7 Macam knows the name of the camera and thinks it is working with the camera. All of the functions of the application appear to work with the camera. The problem is that it captures absolutely no video. The snapshots/videos are just black screen. I have checked your faqs and this model is not listed as supported or even mentioned.

I have done some research on this and have seen that other mac users have tried using this camera without success because of the company not supporting macs. There is a linux driver that says it supports this model, it is called "spca5xx/LE" and can be download at many websites if you google it. I also read elsewhere on the web that linux drivers can be ported easily to mac os x because of the shared *nix code. I can't say if that is true, but perhaps a simple solution to this would be to port it from this driver. There is of course an official windows XP driver as well readily downloadable on the net. 

I will gladly test any driver you come up with/ future release of macam and reply with details as per its functionality.

Many thanks for your contribution to mac os x,

-Phil


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