Streaming from composite video capture

I need a USB video capture device that accepts an NTSC color 480i composite signal and presents itself as a video input device that works with QuickTime (or iChat, EvoCam, etc). That last point is important: it can't depend on its own application software (except the drivers, of course) to do the recording. It must appear to the system as a video input like a camera.
Most Mac compatible capture devices I have looked at do not make this easy to figure out, and so far the few devices I have found require their own software to do the entire capture process. Does anybody have any experience or recommendations?

Hi,
A DV Converter that is Firewire to the computer is going to be preferable for iChat.
iChat can accept USB 1.1 input from a device with driver.
We tend to be talking USB 1.1 web cams here as many Converters don't do Drivers for USB in a form iChat can "See"
iChat can accept USB 2.0 UVC complaint Camera input as the Driver has been there since 10.4.9 (and working with iChat).
Again you don't tend to get Converters or Camcorders with UVC Compliant software - only web cams.
I have a Hollywood Dazzle but unfortunately it no longer is fully functional. (it works only as a Firewire Hub at present)
Pinnacle bought out Dazzle but do not support the older products and don't make anything Firewire capable themselves.
The Hollywood Dazzle had two Firewire ports and could in fact allow a camera connect by RCA connectors to be outputted to two computers.
It could also of course take Firewire from the computer back out over the RCA ones to a TV so you could see what iMovie was producing.
iChat will accept Firewire.
That means the Original External iSight (there were three models but only mounts really changed)
Firewire CamCorders - and as has been mentioned some will act as Analogue to DV converters
There were more Firewire Web cams at one stage but only the Fire-i seems to have survived.
If I was looking to buy another converter then a Canopus would be my choice. (Preferably something that could replicate what the Dazzle would do).
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