Web cam CPU requirements

I've got a ibook w/ 600Mhz G3 CPU with 640 RAM and 20 GB drive. 7 years old about. I wanna get a genius look 313 web cam but their specs say you should
have a pentium 3 1 Ghz cpu. it also says its mac compatable. is this
speed issue a deal breaker or will it work anyway?
thanks for any help
scott

Your iBook is likely close to 6 years old. The dual USB models didn't come out until May of 2001.
I can't find anything more on specifications than what you've already found. You may want to call KYE's Customer Service number and ask:
http://www.geniusnetusa.com/customer.php
But they may not know, either.
(My guess would be "yes, it should work." Pentium 3 is a pretty ancient specification, itself, and my guess would be based on that. But, as I said, it's only a guess. My advice would be to go somewhere where they have a 100% okay return policy so if it doesn't work, you can return it.)
Good luck.

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Overview
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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
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type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" mayscript="true" />
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HTML Header and Body Attribute
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JavaScript
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//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){
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     gCanvas.style.height = h + "px";
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function passLine(stringPixels) {
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          var intVal = parseInt(coll);
          r = (intVal >> 16) & 0xff;
          g = (intVal >> 8) & 0xff;
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begin
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package
wc_pkg_globals
as
g_base64_collection constant varchar2(40) := 'BASE64_IMAGE';
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*Modify the Function and Global Variable Declarations* (to be able to submit large values.)
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create sequence seq_wc_snapshot start with 1 increment by 1;
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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
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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;
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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.
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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,
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Hello @PARTHA_BISWAS ,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand the computer is not detecting the webcam. I will do my best to assist you, but first I require the following information:
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2. The computer's operating system. If you require assistance locating this information, please reference this website to determine your Windows operating system.
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Both the queries are related to same problem only.
Thanks a lot AndrewThompson64, baftos and WalterLaan.
figured out the problem. The source code for the java.util.TimeZone class's getDefault method shows it eventually invokes the sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo class's getTimeZone method. This method takes a String parameter that is the ID for the required time zone. The default time zone ID is obtained from the user.timezone (System) property. If the user.timezone property is not defined, it tries to get the ID using a combination of the user.country and java.home (System) properties. If it doesn't succeed in finding a time zone ID, it uses a "fallback" GMT value. In other words, if it can't figure out the time zone ID, it uses GMT as your default time zone. JRE 1.3 in windows 7 was working in the same way.
Did a code change such that user.timezone property is set to IST by using the java.lang.System class's setProperty method.
System.setProperty("user.timezone","Asia/Calcutta"); This will ensure that application will stick to +5.30 of GMT time zone and is totally independant of the system OS(Widnows XP, Vista, Win 7) and system timezone setting(UTC/GMT). Have created a method to fetch the timezone string value (Asia/Calcutta) from DB. This will make bit more configurable. Tested it. It worked very well in my quality servers.

Cloning DataSource for web cam

I'm transmitting live video from a web cam over the network and storing the video to a QuickTime file at the same time. From my experience, this requires cloning a DataSource.
Is it more efficient to clone the DataSource that is coming directly from the web cam and feed those cloned DataSources to separate Processors for RTP transmission and file storage,
OR
is it more efficient to clone the OUTPUT DataSource from a single Processor and use the output cloned DataSources for sending to file, etc. ?
Thanks,
Frank

Cloning the input DataSource is one method that works. See "Video Capture Utility with Monitoring" in the JMF Solutions page for 3 other methods that could be employed that produce better quality.
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/solutions/JVidCap.html

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Thanks. Hopefully they will add this basic functionality to Captivate ASAP. It's a missing fundamental element. i.e. to be able to add video annotation to your slides. Lectora Publisher does it and so should Captivate in my view, given it's supposed to be among or overall ahead of the leading products. Seamless audio / video annotation is a very common requirement nowadays.

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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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