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I have a G5 dual 2GHz Tower from I think 2003 or so. Just purchased a Creative Live! Optia AF Web Camera. It seems to work with all my applications but not sure it is 100% in terms of speed. I believe my G5, all 3 USB ports should be USB 2.0. This camera is also USb 2.0. So, I believe it should be doing 480MB speed like USB 2.0 does. I am not sure what the iSights with firewire were but my guess they were 400MB speed so these USB 2.0 should be equivelant.
Anyway, I launch my Quicktime Pro 7 and do a recording with it. I talk and the mics pick it all up. Video looks decent. Just choppy when I play it back and watch it as I record. For example, if I move around, my lips don't look fluid so it does not look like a nice smooth movie would, looks more like I am playing it over the internet at slow speeds.
Is this how web cams look? They record but choppy or should the recording look smooth and lifelike and not choppy?
I do a few karate chop moves and move my hands around and it all looks choppy as heck.
Just curious if this is the norm. When I play it back in Quicktime and have it show data, it shows recorded 30fps and playback is normally around the same. Sometimes more like 27fps to 30fps. It changes around as it records.
So, does 30fps supposed to look fluid?
tj

Is your camera plugged directly into the computer or is it through a hub?
I have an iSight with my G5. I just made a simple 15 second recording and it was fluid and chop-free. I used to have a Powerbook G4 (1.67) and movies on that were fluid as well. This is both in QT Pro and iMovie HD. So its either the camera or some USB camera driver issues. I mention the USB drivers because USB cameras were not always natively supported. So maybe there's still some bugs in there.
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