Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:43 +0100 From: "Bas v.d. Wiel" <bas@kompasmedia.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD && Skype Message-ID: <4B912457.5040601@kompasmedia.nl> In-Reply-To: <20100305095418.GA3022@current.Sisis.de> References: <20100305095418.GA3022@current.Sisis.de>
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Matthias Apitz wrote: > Hello, > > To do normal Skype session (face2face) I'm using a USB video cam mounted on top > of the lid of my laptop which is good supported by the pwc kernel module: > > Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: ugen4.2: <Philips> at usbus4 > Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: pwc0: <Philips product 0x0329, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.03, addr 2> on usbus4 > Mar 5 09:39:58 current kernel: pwc0: This camera is equipped with a Sony CCD sensor + TDA8787 (32) > > I would like to have a bigger model to do the same with a group of > colleagues on my side, i.e. put the cam 3-4 meter away from the table. > Does someone knows a good model for doing that, wall or table mounted > and with a long USB cable, and supported in FreeBSD 8-CURRENT? > > Thx > > matthias > In the past I've had reasonable succes using a standard camcorder over firewire to do things like this. It's been a few years though. If using firewire isn't an issue for you, I'd be happy to delve into my pile of notes and see if I can find you something of a howto. The advantage of a firewire camera is in the much more standardized protocol between PC and camera. Bas
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