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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / July 2005Recommendation / WTB: Webcam for OS X
Hi all, My wife's mother has an iBook running OS X 10.3 and is interested in getting into internet telephony via Skype. The indigo iBook lacks a microphone, and in trying to pick up a USB microphone it occurred to me I should go the whole hog and get a webcam with a microphone so she can try iChat or something like it. Looking into webcams it's often difficult to figure out whether they're OS X compatible - half the Logitech range use a driver that only works properly with 10.2, for instance. I know there are a few open source drivers but they may be rather high maintenance for what I have in mind. So can anyone recommend, or even sell me, a webcam that will work with her machine? FireWire and USB 1.1 are the ports available. Thanks for any help, Matthew. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > So can anyone recommend, or even sell me, a webcam that will work with > her machine? FireWire and USB 1.1 are the ports available. http://www.apple.com/au/isight/ ?  Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller > http://www.apple.com/au/isight/ Idiot me - I meant to say "cheap"! > > http://www.apple.com/au/isight/ > > Idiot me - I meant to say "cheap"! You're using the wrong computer then ;) Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller > In article > <m.kirkcaldie-698F1A.07015316072005@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > You're using the wrong computer then ;) That iBook was $450! > > In article > > <m.kirkcaldie-698F1A.07015316072005@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > That iBook was $450! That's a good price, but when you consider that a headset solution is going to cost about half the price of an isight (I don't know if there's edu pricing) then it still makes sense to get an isight :) Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller > In article > <m.kirkcaldie-4E8927.09060016072005@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > pricing) > then it still makes sense to get an isight :) I can get Logitech webcams under $40 - some work with Jaguar but the Panther compatible ones are more expensive. Yeh hi Buddy Theres a great computer support website if noone can seem to help ya, it is http://computerchatcommunity.bigpondhosting.com last time i checked, They are free and have great services Thanks, Seth > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Matthew. > Yeh hi Buddy > Theres a great computer support website if noone can seem to help ya, it is > http://computerchatcommunity.bigpondhosting.com last time i checked, > They are free and have great services SPAM Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller Use a digital video camera via a firewire 4-6 pin cable. I've used that successfully as a mic/video source in the past. On 15/7/05 3:29 PM, in article m.kirkcaldie-F8411E.15292615072005@tomahawk.comms.unsw.edu.au, "Matthew Kirkcaldie" <m.kirkcaldie@removethis.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Matthew. > Use a digital video camera via a firewire 4-6 pin cable. I've used that > successfully as a mic/video source in the past. Nice idea! Does it work as a general mic input - i.e. can you select it in the Sound preference setting? On 20/7/05 4:53 PM, in article m.kirkcaldie-2473DE.16532020072005@tomahawk.comms.unsw.edu.au, "Matthew Kirkcaldie" <m.kirkcaldie@removethis.unsw.edu.au> wrote: >> Use a digital video camera via a firewire 4-6 pin cable. I've used that >> successfully as a mic/video source in the past. > > Nice idea! Does it work as a general mic input - i.e. can you select it > in the Sound preference setting? Good question...I don't think it does actually, but have a go and check, I only hooked it up for video. My old plaintalk mic doesn't fit my G5 :( OP should realise that video chat on iChat has some hardware requirements. And the indigo iBook's spec is too low for iChat to support the video function natively. However, video support can be added using a 3rd party add-on software (iChatUSBCam). It works but the result may be a little choppy as you get further away from Apple's basic spec. Given the circumstance, I'd suggest that the OP should go and check as to which USB cameras are supported by iChatUSBCam on <http://www.ecamm.com/>. > Use a digital video camera via a firewire 4-6 pin cable. I've used that > successfully as a mic/video source in the past. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Matthew. -- > OP should realise that video chat on iChat has some hardware > requirements. And the indigo iBook's spec is too low for iChat to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to which USB cameras are supported by iChatUSBCam on > <http://www.ecamm.com/>. Good thinking there; my webcam interest was really to get a microphone into the USB port without having to use an iMic. But the webcam thing may not be a go on her hardware. Thanks for the advice. Cheers, MK. > Use a digital video camera via a firewire 4-6 pin cable. I've used that > successfully as a mic/video source in the past. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Matthew. For a microphone alone I'd recommend the MicFlex http://www.macsense.com.au/micflex_usb.htm I use a JVC DV Camcorder via Firewire for video and audio input on iVisit and iChat and it works fine. Friends have the Logitech Orbit (cam, mic and motion sensor built in) and that woks fine with iVisit but I can't say about iChat. m- |
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