Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:11:58 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: "Bas v.d. Wiel" <bas@kompasmedia.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD && Skype Message-ID: <20100308101158.GA2949@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <4B912457.5040601@kompasmedia.nl> References: <20100305095418.GA3022@current.Sisis.de> <4B912457.5040601@kompasmedia.nl>
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El día Friday, March 05, 2010 a las 04:33:43PM +0100, Bas v.d. Wiel escribió: > >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. Hello Bas, Thanks for you kind reply to my quest. I've never used any device via firewire; I see that there are man pages firewire(4) and fwe(4), but I have no clue, how this connection of a cam is physically made; can I connect such cam to my laptop or do I need a special PCI card, for example (i.e. build up some PC for my purpose, which could be an option too)? and: will the result work with Skype? I'd be happy to read your howto about; thanks in advance matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre!
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