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From: freebsd@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance)
Subject: Re: USB drivers
In-Reply-To: <199901231905.UAA21954@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from Luigi Rizzo at "Jan 23, 1999  8: 5:15 pm"
To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 03:59:25 -0500 (EST)
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> > 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!

Thank you, Luigi! Excellent advice. I started looking into it,
and discovered that 7.5 fps uncompressed, will fully utilize a USB.
Fine, so the good solutions use compression to get 30 fps but that
is still at the cost of fully utilizing the USB. Despite the fact that
it works, I am lead to believe that it is NOT an ideal application
for USB.  Lots of things will be using that USB before I throw away
my new camera.

I will be looking into other possibilities on Monday.

Thanks again,

Tom

P.S. The 'Geneva' solution from Conexant (ex Rockwell) looks interesting.
     It comes with a digital camera while retaining the ability to 
     accept composite video. Kind of like having your cake and eating
     it too! No integrated tuner, but that is why God invented old VCRs.


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