Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD && Skype
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 - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD
> > Message: 23 > Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:43 +0100 > From: "Bas v.d. Wiel" > Subject: Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD > && Skype > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <4b912457.5040...@kompasmedia.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > 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 > USB cameras are starting to implement a standard protocol as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_video_device_class (Shortened to "UVC") It is apparently a requirement for USB and Vista certification. >From the Wikipedia page: FreeBSD Not implemented yet, there are patches available which make Linux kernel USB mediadrivers work in userspace by using an asynchronous USB interface. It's the first OS allowing to have an entire highspeed USB driver in userland. Regards, James Phillips __ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD && Skype
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: at usbus4 Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: pwc0: 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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
video cam with room view for FreeBSD && Skype
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: at usbus4 Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: pwc0: 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 -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
