Good web cam

Can anyone help, Im looking for a good quality web camera that I can use with a OS 10.4.11 Tiger. I publish photos to the web using Image Caster. I have been using a logitech pro 9000 good quality but it has no supporting softwear/driver and tends to melfunction the softwear. Im using an Isight at the moment but the quality is not that good. Have a look mayefilms.com/campage_html.
Thanks

You have pretty good camera's already, there good. No need for drivers, the Logitech is UVC compliant. You need a good broadband connection that is stable. Have you considered comparing the application you use to cast to other comparable applications? This might bring an improvement that doesn't require the purchase of a new camera.

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Hi there @Vonita
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you are having problems with your webcam, and I am happy to help. Firstly, can you post the full product number and the operating system you are using? That would help me to direct you to the correct drivers.
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Satellite S70-A-11H web camera image quality is not good

Hi,
Running windows 8.1 which came with the laptop.
New out of the box.
As per title.
I find the image quality of the camera image to be very grainy, poor color etc.
When I start the web camera using the search bar on the right, it starts using the Microsoft application, when you scroll down to settings all that is available under settings/options is Photo aspect ratio, Grid lines, Location info.
I have been in touch with Toshiba Tech support who advised to do a Laptop refresh, which I did.
This made no difference.
After which they asked me to find the Toshiba web camera application on the laptop, this should have been in the Program Files folder in the Toshiba folder.
This application does not exist on my laptop.
The tech checked the same model laptop that he had available, which I was told when he selected the web camera, it opened using the Toshiba Web camera application, not Microsoft.
I have looked at other Toshiba laptops with web cameras, and found the image quality to be better. Unable to get to settings as these laptops were on display and in demo mode, hence locked down to some extent.
I can't believe that a web camera in this day and age for this value of laptop to have such poor image quality. My digital camera from 10year ago has better image quality.
I have checked through the laptop, and I do not have this application installed.
I have checked for updated drivers and software for my laptop, and cannot find this application to be applicable for my laptop. Drivers etc appear to be up to date.
I would like to know, do other users of this S series have any issue of camera image quality.
When the camera is selected what application is being used, Toshiba or Microsoft.
Is Toshiba web camera application applicable to Windows 8.1, as I cannot see it listed for 8.1
Does this sound like a hardware fault or a application/software issue.
Any direction or help on this matter would be appreciated, as I am getting to the point of returning this laptop for a refund.
Thanks in advance.
D.
Yes, I have tried using the FORCE!

> The tech checked the same model laptop that he had available, which I was told when he selected the web camera, it opened using the Toshiba Web camera application, not Microsoft.
The Toshiba webcam application is available for Win 7 system but the Win 8 and Windows 8.1 system use the own Microsoft webcam application.
> I have looked at other Toshiba laptops with web cameras, and found the image quality to be better.
Different Toshiba notebooks are equipped with different webcams.
Satellite S70-A-11H was equipped with a *0.92 mega pixel webcam*
A Satellite A660 for example was equipped with an _1.3M mega pixel webcam_
So there is a difference in webcam resolution

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Hi,
I HAVE A SATELLITE L505D-G6000 RUNNING WINDOWS HOME PREMIUM 6.1.7600. WEBCAM IS BUILT IN USB2.0 UVC WEBCAM MANUFACTURED BY MICROSOFT IN 2006 SO APPEARS TO BE A BASELINE PRODUCT. BOUGHT 8 MAY OF THIS YEAR. WEBCAM WORKED PERFECTLY. NOW WEBCAM DOESN'T WORK. I'VE DONE ALL THE STANDARD UNINSTAL/RE-INSTALL OF THE DRIVER OR MORELESS THE "TOSHIBA WEBCAM APPLICATION". I'VE ELECTED UPDATE DRIVER AND ITS GONE TO THE MICROSOFT SITE AND STATED IT WAS THE MOST UPDATED. I'VE COME TO THIS SITE AND DOWNLOADED THE WEBCAM UPDATE POSTED AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, TO NO AVAIL, NOTHING.
I HAVE VERIFIED THROUGH THE DEVICE MANAGER IT'S INSTALLED AND ACCORDING TO IT THE DEVICE IS WORKING PROPERLY. SKYPE NOR FACEBOOK CAN FIND IT. WHEN I OPEN THE TOSHIBA APPLICATION, THE PRETTY BLUE LIGHT ON TOP OF THE SCREEN COMES ON, THE VIEW BOX OPENS AND ITS PITCH BLACK.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS THIS IS THE 3RD TOSHIBA IN A ROW I'VE BOUGHT DONE BASIC OPS ON AND THEY STOP OPERATING DEVICES I'M NOT USING. THIS ONE IS IN FACT A FREE REPLACEMENT OF THE LAST ONE THAT BURNT UP AS THE FAN COULDN'T KEEP IT COOL ENOUGH. LIL FRUSTRATED SORRY. THANKS AND HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME FROM HAVING TO GO 2 MONTHS WITHOUT MY COMPUTER AGAIN WHILE THEY SEND IT AWAY TO BE WORKED ON.
CHUCK YAGER

Satellite L505D-GS6000
Perhaps you mean you have the Satellite L505D-GS6000? Let's try a reinstall of the main base drivers, then the webcam driver/app, one more time. Download and install these drivers in this order:
AMD/ATI Display Driver for Windows 7 (32/64) v8.634.1
Realtek Audio Driver for Windows 7 (32/64)(v6.0.1.5904)
Toshiba Web Camera Application for Windows XP/7 (32/64)(v1.1.1.6)
Then try the webcam again. Please let us know if it works, or if you get any error messages trying the above reinstalls. Good luck
Mike

Capture Web Cam image in APEX and Upload into the Database

Overview
By using a flash object, you should be able to interface with a usb web cam connected to the client machine. Their are a couple of open source ones that I know about, but the one I chose to go with is by Taboca Labs and is called CamCanvas. This is released under the MIT license, and it is at version 0.2, so not very mature - but in saying that it seems to do the trick. The next part is to upload a snapshot into the database - in this particular implementation, it is achieved by taking a snapshot, and putting that data into the canvas object. This is a new HTML5 element, so I am not certain what the IE support would be like. Once you have the image into the canvas, you can then use the provided function convertToDataURL() to convert the image into a Base64 encoded string, which you can then use to convert into to a BLOB. There is however one problem with the Base64 string - APEX has a limitation of 32k for and item value, so can't be submitted by normal means, and a workaround (AJAX) has to be implemented.
Part 1. Capturing the Image from the Flash Object into the Canvas element
Set up the Page
Required Files
Download the tarball of the webcam library from: https://github.com/taboca/CamCanvas-API-/tarball/master
Upload the necessary components to your application. (The flash swf file can be got from one of the samples in the Samples folder. In the root of the tarball, there is actually a swf file, but this seems to be a different file than of what is in the samples - so I just stick with the one from the samples)
Page Body
Create a HTML region, and add the following:
    <div class="container">
     <object id="iembedflash" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="320" height="240">
          <param name="movie" value="#APP_IMAGES#camcanvas.swf" />
          <param name="quality" value="high" />
          <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
          <embed allowScriptAccess="always" id="embedflash" src="#APP_IMAGES#camcanvas.swf" quality="high" width="320" height="240"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" mayscript="true" />
    </object>
    </div>
<p><a href="javascript:captureToCanvas()">Capture</a></p>
<canvas style="border:1px solid yellow" id="canvas" width="320" height="240"></canvas>That will create the webcam container, and an empty canvas element for the captured image to go into.
Also, have a hidden unprotected page item to store the Base64 code into - I called mine P2_IMAGE_BASE64
HTML Header and Body Attribute
Add the Page HTML Body Attribute as:
onload="init(320,240)"
JavaScript
Add the following in the Function and Global Variable Declarations for the page (mostly taken out of the samples provided)
//Camera relations functions
var gCtx = null;
var gCanvas = null;
var imageData = null;
var ii=0;
var jj=0;
var c=0;
function init(ww,hh){
     gCanvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
     var w = ww;
     var h = hh;
     gCanvas.style.width = w + "px";
     gCanvas.style.height = h + "px";
     gCanvas.width = w;
     gCanvas.height = h;
     gCtx = gCanvas.getContext("2d");
     gCtx.clearRect(0, 0, w, h);
     imageData = gCtx.getImageData( 0,0,320,240);
function passLine(stringPixels) {
     //a = (intVal >> 24) & 0xff;
     var coll = stringPixels.split("-");
     for(var i=0;i<320;i++) {
          var intVal = parseInt(coll);
          r = (intVal >> 16) & 0xff;
          g = (intVal >> 8) & 0xff;
          b = (intVal ) & 0xff;
          imageData.data[c+0]=r;
          imageData.data[c+1]=g;
          imageData.data[c+2]=b;
          imageData.data[c+3]=255;
          c+=4;
     if(c>=320*240*4) {
          c=0;
          gCtx.putImageData(imageData, 0,0);
function captureToCanvas() {
     flash = document.getElementById("embedflash");
     flash.ccCapture();
     var canvEle = document.getElementById('canvas');
     $s('P2_IMAGE_BASE64', canvEle.toDataURL());//Assumes hidden item name is P2_IMAGE_BASE64
     clob_Submit();//this is a part of part (AJAX submit value to a collection) two
}In the footer region of the page (which is just a loading image to show whilst the data is being submitted to the collection [hidden by default]) :<img src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#processing3.gif" id="AjaxLoading"
style="display:none;position:absolute;left:45%;top:45%;padding:10px;border:2px solid black;background:#FFF;" />If you give it a quick test, you should be able to see the webcam feed and capture it into the canvas element by clicking the capture link, in between the two elements - it might through a JS error since the clob_Submit() function does not exist yet.
*Part 2. Upload the image into the Database*
As mentioned in the overview, the main limitation is that APEX can't submit values larger than 32k, which I hope the APEX development team will be fixing this limitation in a future release, the workaround isn't really good from a maintainability perspective.
In the sample applications, there is one that demonstrates saving values to the database that are over 32k, which uses an AJAX technique: see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/application-express/packaged-apps-090453.html#LARGE.
*Required Files*
From the sample application, there is a script you need to upload, and reference in your page. So you can either install the sample application I linked to, or grab the script from the demonstration I have provided - its called apex_save_large.js.
*Create a New Page*
Create a page to Post the large value to (I created mine as 1000), and create the following process, with the condition that Request = SAVE. (All this is in the sample application for saving large values).declare
     l_code clob := empty_clob;
begin
     dbms_lob.createtemporary( l_code, false, dbms_lob.SESSION );
     for i in 1..wwv_flow.g_f01.count loop
          dbms_lob.writeappend(l_code,length(wwv_flow.g_f01(i)),wwv_flow.g_f01(i));
     end loop;
     apex_collection.create_or_truncate_collection(p_collection_name => wc_pkg_globals.g_base64_collection);
     apex_collection.add_member(p_collection_name => wc_pkg_globals.g_base64_collection,p_clob001 => l_code);
     htmldb_application.g_unrecoverable_error := TRUE;
end;I also created a package for storing the collection name, which is referred to in the process, for the collection name:create or replace
package
wc_pkg_globals
as
g_base64_collection constant varchar2(40) := 'BASE64_IMAGE';
end wc_pkg_globals;That is all that needs to be done for page 1000. You don't use this for anything else, *so go back to edit the camera page*.
*Modify the Function and Global Variable Declarations* (to be able to submit large values.)
The below again assumes the item that you want to submit has an item name of 'P2_IMAGE_BASE64', the condition of the process on the POST page is request = SAVE, and the post page is page 1000. This has been taken srtaight from the sample application for saving large values.//32K Limit workaround functions
function clob_Submit(){
          $x_Show('AjaxLoading')
          $a_PostClob('P2_IMAGE_BASE64','SAVE','1000',clob_SubmitReturn);
function clob_SubmitReturn(){
          if(p.readyState == 4){
                         $x_Hide('AjaxLoading');
                         $x('P2_IMAGE_BASE64').value = '';
          }else{return false;}
function doSubmit(r){
$x('P2_IMAGE_BASE64').value = ''
     flowSelectAll();
     document.wwv_flow.p_request.value = r;
     document.wwv_flow.submit();
}Also, reference the script that the above code makes use of, in the page header<script type="text/javascript" src="#WORKSPACE_IMAGES#apex_save_large.js"></script>Assuming the script is located in workspace images, and not associated to a specific app. Other wise reference #APP_IMAGES#
*Set up the table to store the images*CREATE TABLE "WC_SNAPSHOT"
"WC_SNAPSHOT_ID" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE,
"BINARY" BLOB,
CONSTRAINT "WC_SNAPSHOT_PK" PRIMARY KEY ("WC_SNAPSHOT_ID")
create sequence seq_wc_snapshot start with 1 increment by 1;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER "BI_WC_SNAPSHOT" BEFORE
INSERT ON WC_SNAPSHOT FOR EACH ROW BEGIN
SELECT seq_wc_snapshot.nextval INTO :NEW.wc_snapshot_id FROM dual;
END;
Then finally, create a page process to save the image:declare
v_image_input CLOB;
v_image_output BLOB;
v_buffer NUMBER := 64;
v_start_index NUMBER := 1;
v_raw_temp raw(64);
begin
--discard the bit of the string we dont need
select substr(clob001, instr(clob001, ',')+1, length(clob001)) into v_image_input
from apex_collections
where collection_name = wc_pkg_globals.g_base64_collection;
dbms_lob.createtemporary(v_image_output, true);
for i in 1..ceil(dbms_lob.getlength(v_image_input)/v_buffer) loop
v_raw_temp := utl_encode.base64_decode(utl_raw.cast_to_raw(dbms_lob.substr(v_image_input, v_buffer, v_start_index)));
dbms_lob.writeappend(v_image_output, utl_raw.length(v_raw_temp),v_raw_temp);
v_start_index := v_start_index + v_buffer;
end loop;
insert into WC_SNAPSHOT (binary) values (v_image_output); commit;
end;Create a save button - add some sort of validation to make sure the hidden item has a value (i.e. image has been captured). Make the above conditional for request = button name so it only runs when you click Save (you probably want to disable this button until the data has been completely submitted to the collection - I haven't done this in the demonstration).
Voila, you should have now be able to capture the image from a webcam. Take a look at the samples from the CamCanvas API for extra effects if you wanted to do something special.
And of course, all the above assumed you want a resolution of 320 x 240 for the image.
Disclaimer: At time of writing, this worked with a logitech something or rather webcam, and is completely untested on IE.
Check out a demo: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=trents_demos:webcam_i (my image is a bit blocky, but i think its just my webcam. I've seen others that are much more crisp using this) Also, just be sure to wait for the progress bar to dissappear before clicking Save.
Feedback welcomed.

Hmm, maybe for some reason you aren't getting the base64 version of the saved image? Is the collection getting the full base64 string? Seems like its not getting any if its no data found.
The javascript console is your friend.
Also, in the example i used an extra page, from what one of the examples on apex packages apps had. But since then, I found this post by Carl: http://carlback.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-stuff-4-over-head-with-clob.html - I would use this technique for submitting the clob, over what I have done - as its less hacky. Just sayin.

Capture an image using the web camera from a web application

Hi All,
Could anyone please share the steps what have to be followed for capture an image using the web camera from a web application.
I have a similar requirement like this,
1) Detect the Webcam on the users machine from the web application.(To be more clear when the user clicks on 'Add Photo' tool from the web application)
2) When the user confirms to save, save the Image in users machine at some temporary location with some unique file name.
3) Upload the Image to the server from the temporary location.
Please share the details like, what can be used and how it can be used etc...
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3) Upload the Image to the server from the temporary location.You can find out how to do this on google.
All things told, this application is probably more suited to be a FMJ (Freedom for Media in Java) application than a JMF application. JMF relies on native code to capture from the web cams, whereas FMJ does not.
Alternately, you might want to look into Adobe Flex for this particular application.

How to do Audio/Vedio streaming between web cams and back end servers?

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Back-end Programming - Server-side programming is basically done using ActionScript. You can use Flash CS4 , but there is no need for special authoring tool, you can do with even text-editor. After you author, you just need to place files at proper location on FMS.
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My tx is so slow, the web cam is not working, the screen freezes and got color distortions

- My tx is so slow, and heats up very fast... so i think that the advance is not working properly
- the web cam is not working, since the 3th time iused... when i try to use it with my msn... got freezed, then y try ending the process and doesnt work, y have to restart it but it stay just on logging off... and do nothing more... so i have to switch off directly from the power button
- The screen freezes... some thimes the screen got freezed... and got color distortions too... so i have to to switch off again directly from the power button
i was thinking that it was a software problem... but i restore my lap and it doesnt work cuz it still being with the same problems... so lately im thinking that its a hardware problem... i call to technical support from mexico... but they can do nothing for me cuz i bought my lap at circuitcity from el paso... and that store close a few months ago... so i need help before de warrantie expires...
This is the second time that my lap gives me problems, last time I made the change at the store but this time it will be impossible cuz is now closed...
that is why I seek your help...
i will be grateful if you answer in Spanish because my English is not very good...
thankyou so much...

If your warranty has not yet run out get it serviced, now! All of the comments seem to indicate that it is the motherboard>

Using web cam with a Mac Pro

Hey All... Was hoping to get some pointers on get a web cam working on a mac pro so that I can use jabber to video chat from it. Any special brands that I would look at? Today at the local computer store looked like everything said yes to Windows but nothing mentioned OSX compatibility... Thanks for any posters

I read recently that these USB video class devices now all work with OS X (though perhaps only with 10.4.10 or later) without the need for any software to make them work in iChat and PhotoBooth and apps like that.
Of those cameras it seemed to me that the Microsoft Xbox Live Vision was both the cheapest and best looking so I bought one.
It works perfectly and quite surprisingly doesn't look too bad either (the 'XBOX 360' logo is almost invisible). I was hoping to get a real iSight and was even prepared to pay the $300 they seem to go for these days but at the time I decided to get one I couldn't find any on Ebay or Amazon. I'd recommend the Xbox camera, it's easily good enough.
Having said that, I don't think I've heard of any apps that enable video chat through Jabber with OS X (or any other OS from memory). Which app were you going to use? Please enlighten me...

HP Truevision HD web cam no longer working with Skype since windows 8.1 update

Hi guys,
A major annoying problem as occured since i updated to windows 8.1 my web cam no longer works in skype, it works for everything elese youcam etc just not skpye, audio is working fine too. When i go into settings the programmes freezes and eventually crashes, I can see my webcam listed in skype but thats it, the bottom half of the pane is missing too it cuts out in the middle of clear history, rolled back the driver and it works but messes everything else up. Please help i am ripping my hair out..... thank you

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Skype does run on Windows 8.1, although you may need to update Skype to at least version 6.16.0.105
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Web camera video quality in Flex

Hi, I have a flex app which turns on a web camera and shows
the video from the camera. The problem is that the video resolution
is a bit choppy or pixilated. I know it’s not because of the
quality of the webcam since the video is very clear on other
players. Anyone have an idea how to make the resolution clearer?
Here is a test app you can try yourself.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
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height="1100" layout="horizontal"
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<mx:Canvas id="videoContainer" width="330" height="250"
borderStyle="solid" borderColor="#000000" cornerRadius="10"
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<![CDATA[
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BitmapData(320,240); // video.width,video.height);
public var matrix : Matrix = new Matrix();
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BitmapData(320,240); // (video.width,video.height);
public var mybitmap : Bitmap ;
public var uploadbmd:BitmapData ;
public var flag:Boolean = true;
public var loader: URLLoader = new URLLoader();
public function initApplication()
camera = Camera.getCamera();
video = new Video(camera.width*2, camera.height*2);
video.attachCamera(camera);
mybitmap = new Bitmap(mybitmapdata);
var ref : UIComponent = new UIComponent();
setInterval(snapShot, 100);
public function snapShot() : void
currentShot.draw(video, matrix);
mybitmapdata = currentShot.clone();
mybitmap = new Bitmap(mybitmapdata);
var ref : UIComponent = new UIComponent();
ref.addChild( mybitmap );
videoContainer.addChild( ref );
]]>
</mx:Script>
</mx:Application>

Hi John
Sorry i don't have the answer, but i'm interested in your question because i have the same kind of issue when i import in iMovie 08, 09 and iMovie HD from my Sony SR10 AVCDH camera.
I just can say that when i export directly from iMovie to iDVD the quality is bad; this seems to be a well known problem and it is recommended to export video using the Quicktime with H264. With that method, i can obtain good quality in the STATIC images, but during the panoramic movements of the camera the final result (i mean a DVD on my cathodic TV) is disappointing, with a "jerky" rendering.
You can download on my iDisk an exemple of it at: http://public.me.com/leclercqpascal
When i compare with the same sequence treated on the PC Sony's software, i find in the latter case a perfectly smooth result.
The problem is the same when i import from the camera to FCE.
Help welcome, because i would be disappointed to resort to a PC software!

How to install web cam in my man mini?

Hi,
I have added usb external its type it has 4pins and I added an ordinary usb webcam, how can i used this in my yahoo messenger? If I'll start my web cam in ym it says no camara connected.
Any help pls?
Thanks.
Arnel

AndyO
You are absolutely correct - iSights are expensive (here in the UK they are about £100) Using a camcorder is a good solution for occassional use except that they have the annoying habit of powering down at unexpected times when they are not actually recording. On the plus side they tend to have better lenses than even the iSight so work better in low light level indoors. There are also reports of regular use damaging the recording heads through spinning on a tape that is not moving. Not all camcorders now have firewire - a large number seem to only have USB.
There are some USB webcams that claim to work with Macs - not many - my understanding though is that they don't work with iChat only with Yahoo. This might also be the case with the drivers available at the site in my previous post.
At the end of the day individuals have to decide how much use they will make of a webcam and on which system then look at what is available or what they already have. The important thing is to do some homework before spending any money and check that new hardware will work with a mac and for what purposes.
While I agree that the iSight is seriously overpriced it is the best solution if starting from scratch as they are well designed, work flawlessly with a Mac and there are quite a few other applications that can use it too - iStopMotion, Delicious Library etc.
Me - in this case I'd keep checking out the drivers before spending anymore money.

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