Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:24:42 +0800 From: mag@intron.ac To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seeking advice on a video camera for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200605121037.k4CAb2n2050890@secure.cfins.au.tsinghua.edu.cn> In-Reply-To: <200605120054.52213@aldan> References: <200605120054.52213@aldan>
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Unfortunately, as I know, now FreeBSD supports only BrookTree 848/878 PCI video capture card. This means that only a TV-compatible video camera can be used with the card, working with FreeBSD. Now VIMICRO (http://www.vimicro.com/), a Chinese company, has a large market share of cheap USB video camera chip all over the world. Its Linux driver is being expected to be ported to FreeBSD. (http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Beijing, China Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Hello! > > I'd like to buy a simple video camera to improve upon the currently > text-only "instant messenger" communications. > > What is known to work well with things like KDE's kopete? > > For one of the machines it should be a either a PCI-X, a USB-2, or a Firewire > connection. For the other -- a PCI or a USB (an older machine). > > Thanks for your suggestions! > > -mi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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