VPC 6 & Web Cams

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Stephen Adams - 10 Nov 2006 01:25 GMT

Does anyone have any experiences with getting any type of Web cam to
work with Windows XP Pro on VPC 6? I realize that any USB 2 device I
plug into my Mac comes across the Windows guest as a USB 1.1, so I'm not
expecting USB web cams to work. How about FireWire?

Thanks in advance.

Steve Adams

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Steve Jain - 10 Nov 2006 04:49 GMT

>Does anyone have any experiences with getting any type of Web cam to
>work with Windows XP Pro on VPC 6? I realize that any USB 2 device I
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>Steve Adams

There is no firewire emulated in VPC.

Webcams don't work well, if at all with VPC, the main problem is due
to asynchronous communication problems. It's pretty common on any
VM/emulation software.

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Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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Stephen Adams - 10 Nov 2006 15:21 GMT

>> Does anyone have any experiences with getting any type of Web cam to
>> work with Windows XP Pro on VPC 6? I realize that any USB 2 device I
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> to asynchronous communication problems. It's pretty common on any
> VM/emulation software.

Thank you Mr. Jain. I suspected as much but wanted to get confirmation
from someone more knowledgeable about such things. :)

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