Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:07:26 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher J. Booth" <cbooth@aixx.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Cam for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003271800460.604-100000@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20000327151850.Q21029@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Phew! It may be a bit more than I had expected to spend on the little birds that nested just out the window, but just out of sight--my little girl scares the mother off the nest whenever she tries to see them. We are talking a hefty sum here, I think. But it is a good suggestion. I will look into it, but I suspect that I won't want to spend that much for now. (Is that really the optimal solution since the demise of the *Connectix* QuickCam? I don't really do anything with graphics to need the WinTV card.) Thanks, Alfred. Christopher J. Booth cbooth@aixx.net On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Christopher J. Booth <cbooth@aixx.net> [000327 15:14] wrote: > > Hi, FreeFolks: > > > > This has proved harder to get started on than I expected. > > > > Has anyone here gotten FreeBSD up with a currently [easily] available, > > inexpensive video camera for use with FreeBSD 3.4? > > > > It seems that the Connectix QuickCam has a lot of support in FreeBSD and > > in Linux, but this is an extinct product: Logitech has purchased the > > QuickCam line, and come out with new models that are unsupported. I have > > been to a half-dozen or more stores trying to find a Web Cam that I could > > make use of, all to no avail so far. The Video Blaster II is no longer > > available either, the current models being the Video Blaster 3 and the Web > > Cam Go. > > > > Another dilemma: In real terms, should I be looking for a parallel port > > version rather than the USB version? Limited USB support is available in > > FreeBSD, and I have not seen any drivers specifically for a USB video cam. > > > > There is a driver in Linux that seems promising, CPiA; will it work in > > FreBSD? (Although this, too, seems to have a limitation in that the > > cameras it works with are no longer being manufactured. > > > > Can anyone point me to a current solution to this problem? Purchasing an > > unavailable product is not really quite an answer. > > It's probably a bit more of an expensive solution than just a cam > but you may want to look into getting a Hauppage WinTV card (bt848) > for video capture, it's really good, really fast and supported. > > Then go pick out a camera. :) > > -Alfred > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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