From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 27 14:54:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE43437BAEF for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:54:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e2RNIoc11136; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:18:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:18:50 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: "Christopher J. Booth" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Cam for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000327151850.Q21029@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from cbooth@aixx.net on Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 05:45:51PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Christopher J. Booth [000327 15:14] wrote: > Hi, FreeFolks: > > This has proved harder to get started on than I expected. > > Has anyone here gotten FreeBSD up with a currently [easily] available, > inexpensive video camera for use with FreeBSD 3.4? > > It seems that the Connectix QuickCam has a lot of support in FreeBSD and > in Linux, but this is an extinct product: Logitech has purchased the > QuickCam line, and come out with new models that are unsupported. I have > been to a half-dozen or more stores trying to find a Web Cam that I could > make use of, all to no avail so far. The Video Blaster II is no longer > available either, the current models being the Video Blaster 3 and the Web > Cam Go. > > Another dilemma: In real terms, should I be looking for a parallel port > version rather than the USB version? Limited USB support is available in > FreeBSD, and I have not seen any drivers specifically for a USB video cam. > > There is a driver in Linux that seems promising, CPiA; will it work in > FreBSD? (Although this, too, seems to have a limitation in that the > cameras it works with are no longer being manufactured. > > Can anyone point me to a current solution to this problem? Purchasing an > unavailable product is not really quite an answer. It's probably a bit more of an expensive solution than just a cam but you may want to look into getting a Hauppage WinTV card (bt848) for video capture, it's really good, really fast and supported. Then go pick out a camera. :) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message