Ichat support in 10.4.10 for USB video cameras?

I might be a little confused
With apple not selling isight firewire cameras anymore and scant 3rd party availability of a good firewire camera i was told that you couldnt use a USB based Camera with ichat Ilife, quicktime etc. However I was in the Apple store yesterday and one of the Genius' said he thought that was fixed in 10.4.10?? can anyone help me with this. i want to use an Apple display with a Mac Pro and i need a good video camera to attach via USB to do Ichat and integrate with Quicktime, ilife, photobooth etc - in otherwords replicate what i have with my imacs.

Also http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4266538#4266538
9:05 PM Friday; July 27, 2007

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Ichat support in 10.4.10 for USB cameras?

With apple not selling isight cameras anymore i was told that you couldnt use a USB based Camera with ichat Ilife etc. However I was in the Apple store yesterday and one of the
Genius said he thought that was fixed in 10.4.10?? can anyone help me with this. i want to use an Apple display with a Mac Pro and i need a good camera to attach via USB.

Hello alangsam
A few apps, including iMovie, require a Firewire DV signal from any external webcam. No external USB cam works with such apps.
If you need to use your external webcam with iMovie (or other apps that demand Firewire input), use a Firewire webcam or your compatible DV camcorder rather than a USB cam.
A 10.4.10-equipped Mac can use UVC (the latest USB specification) webcams for all other apps. If you buy USB, be sure to get a camera that supports the UVC standard. Older, non-UVC USB cams might work if appropriate driver software is available, but the UVC cams are supported by the latest Mac OS without additional software. See the system requirements for the application software you want to use for exact camera and, if applicable, additional software requirements.
For more info, see this post about Webcams other than iSight or search iSight Discussions for "UVC" (without the quotation marks.)
EZ Jim
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On the hunt for a video camera

I have summer school starting on the 19th of May and I received some of the packets early. One of them is a video portfolio packet. I want to be 100% ready before school starts. I do not know much about electronics... The video portfolio packet said that I must film what I do in a veterinary clinic. It also said that the video must be on a DVD, or a portable thumb drive, or other approved video storage device and assignments MUST be in Quick Time, MOV, WMV, MPEG, or AVI format. I do not have any idea what they're talking about. I only ever used iMovie and the videos are in m4v format. I do not have a video camera and I plan to shop for one. I have an old 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop with iMovie, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5. It's 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and have a memory of 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 5DRAM. Graphics are NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256 MB. Storage of 160 GB. Disc formats that can be written: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, and DVD+R DL. I suspect that I would need plenty of memory because there will be 20 assignments in one video portfolio AND I will have to do two video portfolios this summer. I didn't receive the other video portfolio packet yet. I suspect that I must make a video portfolio per DVD. Do anyone have a slightest idea of what I would need for a video camera? What kind of DVD do I need to burn videos on? How much memory should I look for in a camera? What do I need to look for? Can I convert m4v videos into these approved formats? I'm looking for an inexpensive but decent quality video camera that films well and can be recognized on my MacBook Pro laptop. I want to be able to edit videos and burn DVDs on my laptop as well. Thanks for your time. Looking forward to hear from you soon!

Sorry that no one replied to your original query. We're users here - just as you are - and questions sometimes just slip through the cracks when we're not looking.
Do you mind sharing your solution? It may benefit others down the road.
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Usb video camera and tv card /dev/video

I have a usb video camera and a pci tv card on my computer. However when I reboot they change between /dev/video0 and /dev/video1. How can I set it up so that every time they will be assigned the same /dev/videoX device?

I'll bet you are having a similar problem to that which happens with disk drives. Take a look at this wiki article on how to deal with drives that swap. I think the same technique can be applied to supplement 60-persistent-v4l.rules.
I've not tried this, YMMV

Does someone make a wide angle lense accessory for iPad video camera?

Would like to widen iPad video camera perspective when using Skype app. Looking for aftermarket product like Phocus, but for iPad video camera. Anything out there or do I need to develop a start-up myself?

There are a number of lens kits available that will work on the iPad, but I've never seen one that will work on the forward lense (which is what I assum you are looking for). Doesn't mean there isn't one however.
You might start here: https://www.google.com/search?q=iphone+lense&oq=iphone+lense&aqs=chrome..0j69i57 j5j0.5236j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=ipad+lenses&tbm=shop

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I'd like to use a cheap web camera as an input device to Labview so that
I can play with the image processing features.
Does anyone have a driver for something like that? I've looked at the
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That's a joke, right? Very hard? Other that the very specific USB drivers
that Iomega provides with their USB zip drives for WinNT, there are no drivers
for USB for WinNT. There was some software developer down in India that
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large financial and personnel commitment to NT and don't have any plans of
switching to Windows 2000 any time soon.
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 12:05:53 +0100, "AIR Tech. Autom." wrote:
>First, if your using Windows NT, it will be very hard to get USB to work.
>
>What we've done to get an image
in LabVIEW, is this. We've made the PC a
>webserver. We've used third party software to build a webpage with the
>"webcam". We've used ActiveX to show the webpage in LabVIEW.
>
>Another way is: Use third party software to constantly update a .jpg. In
>LabVIEW, check if the jpg is modified, load it, and display it. You'll get
>some heavy 'flickering' this way.
>
>I've look at a way to use window API's to capture the image, but it isn't as
>easy as it sounds.
>
>Regards,
>
>Wiebe Walstra.
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Help me shop for a video camera? Recommendations?

Hello Friends,
I have been lurking in the forum and decided to ask for help. Thank you in advance for your thoughts, opinions.
My (old) current video camera is a Panasonic AG-EZ20 (1998?) which uses mini-dv tapes and firewire (1.1 megapixel). My old laptop died and I had to buy a new one with Windows Vista. Now I HAVE to upgrade to PPro (I was happy with Premiere.old).
My new Toshiba laptop has AMD64x2 chip (2.2 ghz) with 3 gb ram, 250gb hard drive has 125gb free, and I have an external 250gb storage drive. Is it sufficient?
My video projects are not professional. However, striving for quality at the prosumer level is a fun hobby worth spending time and money on. I will be shooting events, vacations, you-tube stuff about car repair hobby, NOT cinema epic or high definition type stuff.
I like the idea of a 3-ccd camera. Is there something about capture via firewire using mini-dv tape that is bad or troublesome compared to the new hard drive cameras and 3-CCD quality?
I have been looking at video cameras on Ebay and B&H photo. The AG-DVX100B seems like champagne compared to my old camera. Another thought was a PV-GS350 or PV-GS500 camera which would probably be an improvement that is reasonable priced. If you are happy with your camera, PPro software and computer please tell me about your kit? Is there a web site you found useful in your search for pre-sale information? I was hoping to spend less than $1,000 on the camera, but I would spend more if the ease of capture/edit and quality of output helped me justify it.
I look forward to reading your responses!

Although E-bay can be attractive, I agree with Harm on this (not so much on HDV though). I also agree with his recommendation RE; B&H. I purchased my VX2000 and XH-A1 from them and most of the accessories as well as still cameras. Are you aware that B&H sells used equipment? This could be an option if $$$ is issue.
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Skype Update Broke Support For USB Video Capture D...

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I am looking for one that offers the following.
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2) Has a light
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I have an old PowerPC dual G5 running 10.4.11 and I'm working on some HD projects at the moment, so it certainly can be done on your machine. Upgrading/extending your RAM might be a good idea though; is that possible on your machine?
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Onlocation firewire to USB video camera?

Wondering if its possible to connect a camera with USB port through a USB/Firewire adapter into a laptop for use with Onlocation?
Read previous Q&A stating onlocation can only accept firewire signal. USB not designed for video. etc.
Just wondering if camera USB output could be converted with an adapter to a Firewire signal at the laptop and onlocation show the video?
Not trying to capture with laptop, just use onlocation for camera setup and video monitor during avchd capture on the camera without firewire port?
Any help appreciated.
Regards
JD

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Enhancing the mic for the video camera

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Ichat support in 10.4.10 for USB video cameras?

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