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From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
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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 13:56:47 +0100 (CET)
Cc: freebsd@tomqnx.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
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It seems Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > 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!

Do you have any pointers for cheap cameras ?? I just bought a USB
color cam for US$60...

- Søren

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