Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread George Mogiljansky
Hi Brian, Excellent advice. Thank you. Some quick points: I hope to avoid light exposure(s) triggering the cam(s) by using a light-sensor light bulb (so the amount of light stays fairly constant). One of the cams will be in this porch-like area where the front door is located. The other cam wi

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread Brian
Hello Ben (and Dan), !snubbed! :) What I am hoping for is that in this remote area, the SW mentioned will only activate the cam(s) when the next intrusion occurs. Then I will have some photo evidence and/or a car licence number, etc. If the police are helpless (as before), I might just splatter

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread George Mogiljansky
Hello Ben (and Dan), Of course, I am still living in the "cables and wires" era. Yes, a wireless cam would require a wireless card for the 3400. I have a lot of testing to do. To describe the problem further: seemingly random break-ins, always at night, at my country home that trigger the inter

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread VidaVerde
I missed the start of this one, so I might be completely off-target here, but are you aware of d-link's wireless little video camera that serves its image to a web-page that it generates? I think even one version has IR. no need for a mac at all . . . or your mac could grab from the web-page?

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread Dan K
I wrote: >AFAIK it's not possible to use more than one Quicktime camera >with any Macintosh, at least not under a classic Mac OS as >QT can't deal with more than one video source at once. to which George Mogiljansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: >Thanks for that. >I should have mentioned that I wi

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread Brian
On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 03:49 PM, George Mogiljansky wrote: I should have mentioned that I will be attempting to use either or both CoolCam and DigitalRadar apps. The camera(s) will only be activated (I'm hoping) when a certain set of conditions is met (probably involving night-time darknes

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-17 Thread George Mogiljansky
Hi Dan, Thanks for that. I should have mentioned that I will be attempting to use either or both CoolCam and DigitalRadar apps. The camera(s) will only be activated (I'm hoping) when a certain set of conditions is met (probably involving night-time darkness). The powerbook will be unattended for

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-17 Thread Dan K
AFAIK it's not possible to use more than one Quicktime camera with any Macintosh, at least not under a classic Mac OS as QT can't deal with more than one video source at once. Dan K . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.d

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-16 Thread George Mogiljansky
I just realized that the 3400 has only one serial port. Would a port replicator be the solution? Or maybe a USB to Ethernet adapter (I have a USB web cam by Kensington) as the second web cam? I think the problem with those adapters is that there is no power available for the USB device. --- George

Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-16 Thread George Mogiljansky
Hi, Is it possible to use two Connectix grayscale QuickCams using one PowerBook? I'm on a mission to catch some thieves on camera and using a remote connection to transfer the evidence. The modem/printer ports would ports would both be used (if possible) by the webcams (using motion detection SW)