USB webcam compatibility?

so I have a Logitech Ultra Vision and I was wondering if I could use it in Quicktime or Quicktime Pro. There is no software or drivers available for it because Logitech utilizes the internal drivers that come on Macs. It works fine with chatting software, but I was just wondering if there was more I could do with it.

Why not contact Logitech's customer service/tech support to confirm? If they say yes, then have them provide you w/detailed instructions.
Or try the webcam w/QuickTime or PRO (whichever one you have) & see if it works yourself.

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I notice they don't advertise Mac compatibility. It may use a proprietary driver only for Windows. I would check around elsewhere on the web to see if anyone has it working with a Mac.

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inputs: 0 = vc032x;
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This problem is robust to reinstalling the system.

Hello davidoff!
Did you read this ?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam_Setup

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• Now, with your built-in camera in use by iSight, launch Safari and test whether your Logitech Vision Pro USB webcam shows in the settings dialog box.
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L3 Cache:    3 MB
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First your USB Cam needs to be DirectShow Compliant.
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And when doing a search at ni.com you should find some articles, examples and tutorials too.
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As long as you have a web cam internal or external, you will be fine.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/SP654
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How do I acquire images from my usb webcam ?

Hi all ,
How do I acquire images from my usb webcam (logitech quickcam express ) ?
I use Labview 7 .

Pedrus wrote:
> Hi all ,
> How do I acquire images from my usb webcam (logitech quickcam express)?
> I use Labview 7 .
This seems a very popular question coming up about once every week at
least. And there are many good answers in the developer Zone on www.ni.com
Check out:
Irene He's IVision Toolkit:
http://www.hytekautomation.com/Products/IVision.html
or
Pete Parentes WebCam library:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~parente/labview/index.shtml
The first is a rather impressive Video Manipulation library with a
nice video capture interface to VfW too, and the second is a simple
video capture library to access any VfW compliant device.
Rolf K"
Rolf Kalbermatter
CIT Engineering Netherlands
a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

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