Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:56:47 +0100 (CET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: freebsd@tomqnx.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB drivers Message-ID: <199901241256.NAA25980@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <199901231905.UAA21954@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from Luigi Rizzo at "Jan 23, 1999 8: 5:15 pm"
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It seems Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Is anyone working on a driver for digital video-conferencing > > camera? I am debating whether to buy a Logitech VC or > > a Kodak DVC 323. It would be great to have support under FreeBSD! > > unless you have other constraints (e.g. want to use this on a laptop > which only has a USB port) I still strongly recommend a standard > (composite-video output) camera and a video capture card. > > The camera costs the same or marginally less than the corresponding > USB unit, the card will cost you more than the 0$ for an embedded > USB port, but you can have it working _now_ and have the bonus of > being able to watch TV, digitize from tapes and select multiple > video sources with a 2$ rotary switch! Do you have any pointers for cheap cameras ?? I just bought a USB color cam for US$60... - Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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