[Tfug] webcam question

[Shawn Nock]

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Joshua Bernstein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	I've had surprisingly good luck using my iSight in Linux actually.  
> Because its a firewire camera you just have to make sure your  
> firewire interface is up and running. If you're firewire is working  
> correctly, you should be able to use it as a generic frame grabber. I  
> think though the price of the camera is still $149 so its still  
> pricey. The quality is amazing though, and I didn't mind spending the  
> money on it because it works perfectly on my Mac. Still with cameras  
> built into todays Macs maybe you could find one cheaper. 

Newer iSights built into mactel machines are USB... FYI (I don't know
about the newer standalone models. For reference:

Built-in iSight:

  Version:	1.84
  Bus Power (mA):	500
  Speed:	Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:	Micron
  Product ID:	0x8501
  Vendor ID:	0x05ac  (Apple Computer, Inc.)

Couldn't get it fired up under a 2.6 kernel, but it could simply be a
case of didn't care that much about a camera and BSD is the primary OS
so I only fooled with it for ~5min...

Good luck!
Shawn

Anyway, I've
> had good luck with it, but as usual YMMV.
> 
> -Josh
> 
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