Johannes Taelman wrote:
On Thu, 30 May 2002, David Sabine wrote:
I've been browsing through the PD_list archive and it seems that the following questions are still unanswered. (And I'd like to hear some discussion from PD users about it)
Me too!
What is the best way to run a live video feed through GEM on a Windows XP machine? (or any windows machine for that matter?)
Is there a 'best camera' to use? Should it be USB or other? (Logitech or Intel USB quickcams?! or should a person use coaxial 'surveillance' cams?)
USB and IEEE1394 have limited cable lengths (ca. 4.5m). This can be extended with the use of a hub or repeater. This may outrule USB and IEEE1394 in some applications.
clarification: Gem does (still) NOT support IEEE1394 (eg. firewire) devices. i have finally got new hardware (various ieee1394-cards), so i will soon (but maybe not today or tomorrow....) be able to start the pix_dv thing again
people used to make USB-cameras working (at least under linux) i have none so i have no possibility to try.
then, i have never managed to make my bttv-capturecard work with Gem under w2k (i am not that expert on win32-platforms, but i never had any problems under nt and 9x) since i do not receive flaming emails about "w2k-support for bttv", i guess that all other users have it running.
personally, i really like the "'surveillance'-cams" since they are so cheap
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Johannes