Sharing Camera over Network Connection

Is there any way to share a camera over a network connection?

I've no idea ..so I've just tried (..but I'm no network guru..)
I plugged a TRV900E miniDV camcorder into the G5, and connected to that, via 'Airport' with a G4 PowerBook.
I could reach my iMovie projects, but couldn't see a camera connected when accessing iMovie, or my iMovie files, on the G5 from the G4. This is unsurprising because - as Karsten says - the G4 would need to get access to the FireWire bus (and camera ID) of the G5.
Now I may not have chosen the correct network connections or protocols: File Sharing obviously allows only files to be shared, not a distant FireWire bus; Windows Sharing is just for reaching particular folders; Personal Wen Sharing is to use the distant machine as a web server; Remote Login is just for logging in (..rather than sharing facilities..) onto a remote machine; I haven't bought Apple Remote Desktop; Remote Apple Events doesn't do it, either.
[..Incidentally, when playing material from the remote G5 on the local G4, the Timeline and Playhead and Audio Waveforms ran along the bottom of the screen as normal (..they comprise very little data..) but the video images themselves hardly moved: the 'Airport' connection is too slow to pass the video from one Mac to another ..so I doubt that live video would be importable without glitches ..but I haven't tried a direct Ethernet connection: why don't you?..]
It may be possible to relay the necessary commands to the remote computer to tell it to feed video to the local computer, but you're probably better off asking in the Networking Discussions, and I think it'd be such a long slog trying to get any worthwhile video feed that it might not be worth your time spent pursuing it. But try connecting via iChat AV.. (..I just tried that, and ended up in the Saturday 'Lounge' chat, but just via text. Gotta go now to watch the fireworks with my Beloved..)

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At my work, we have a small network with computers sharing files between the others. I have attached a network diagram to help explain this better.
Our Win7 machine is our main computer that shares an external hard drive with much information that the other computers need to access. What we have noticed is either after a sleep, or even a period of time of say, 2 hours, those files are no longer able to be accessed. The Win7 machine is still sharing them, but the WinXP machines are unable to access them anymore and my Mac can see the computer is unable to connect to the folders. I have gone and attempted to get some help over at Microsofts site but that was a fail. Here is the link to the forum post there. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7network/thread/f0a2e8d6-f75a-41d7-a280-c6f3adbffa...
A member there gave me this:
The Network connection is probably not resuming after sleep.
First try this, http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/power_save_win7.jpg
It is in the Network Connection Properties under the Network card configuration.
If it already checked this way, or does not work after checking, the Network card has to be taken out of the computer's Power Saving loop, and stay on all the time.
Otherwise, Updating the Card with the latest OEM drivers (downloaded from the computer's support site) might help too.
On a rare occasions, some cards might be "Quirky" in this regards and need to be replaced.
--I would like to add that this DOESN'T ONLY happen after sleep, it also happens after a time of being used.
I attempted those and no luck. This problem is still occurring and the only way we can fix it is by restarting the Win7 machine. But even if it is being used, we have no idea when those files are unable to be accessed.
*I will add that the Win7 machine is still able to access the other computers when this problem occurs if that helps.
**The Win7 machine is a Dell T3500 running Windows 7 64bit. I can provide specific hardware if needed. The drivers are all up to date as of yesterday.
***So upon looking in the Windows XP machine, both of the folders from the Win7 machine disappear once this problem occurs in the My Network Places folder. And one folder is on the internal drive, one is on external. The computers are in this situation now where I am unable to access them. The Win7 machine can read and write from the other computers, but the other computers can even see the Win7 Machine.
****All the connections are wired and are not using the wireless.
Thanks for any help that anyone may have for me!
Steve
Network Map > http://scubasblog.com/network.jpg
Dell Support Forum with same issue I posted >> http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/network-internet-wireless/f/3324/p/19337620/19716797.asp...

It sounds like there is incompatibility issue with XP and Win7. To isolate this, do you have another Win7 machine? Try to add it to the network and check if the shared drives are accessible after sleep. If you don't have another computer, try virtual machine and create a Win7 system.
Update your LAN card driver from the manufacturer's site. Don't use the driver from windows update.
Lastly, does this happen to your XP machines? Like, one of the XP machine sharing a folder and falls asleep. When it wakes up, does Win7 machine can still access the shared folder?

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I am having some problems with a couple of database
files that I access with a Java program over network.
Different computers running this program all need
access to these files, and my question is if anyone
know of a good way to make sure that only one user
have access to these files at the time.Use a database server instead.

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Hi there,
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Again, as far as I know, there is no software that supports this specifically, and although it might be possible to hack up a solution, it would be difficult if not impossible to get working reliablly.
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Hello out there,
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Greetings from good old Germany
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Message was edited by: Russell Massey

Hi Henry, and a warm welcome to the forums!
While you may get help or a solution here, It's quite acceptable to start a new topic of your own, certainly feel free to start a new topic to attract more helpers to your particular situation, here's a link if as is often the case, it's hard to find out where to do it...
http://discussions.apple.com/post!default.jspa?forumID=752
It asks me to loggin I dont remember ever setting a login and password for it.
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On the Mac, did you enable Windows Sharing in System Preferences>Sharing>Services ?
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Alright, i have a mac and a PC, on the same network. I have a folder on my PC thats shared, and i can access it via the network tab in finder. The network icon thingy appears on the desktop, and it acts like a folder on my mac. Is there anyway i can move this "folder" to another location? Also, when i restart my mac, i have to conncet to the same folder again via the network tab. Is there anyway to have the folder stay there, even when restart my mac?

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Endquote,
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so when you rebooted from Single User mode, it didn’t show the Welcome video again? It went straight to the login screen, as it was behaving previously?
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Can I share movies between two Macs with iPhoto ?
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