Are FireWire webcams possible....?

y2kwizard · Post by **y2kwizard** » Thu Oct 24, 2002 5:17 pm

Hello all. I have no webcam, but I do have a camera that connects to computer via firewire. Does anyone know of software that will compress the video on the fly and allow me to use the camera as a webcam? Thanks a lot!

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:26 pm

I'm not sure, but i would prefer USB.

:grins 'cause he just raised dead thread:

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jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:13 pm

Dear lord!!1

Lyrs! don't do that!

KhayotiK · Post by **KhayotiK** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:14 pm

Seriously, you don't stick your pee pee in dead people, so why the fuck would you stick your two cents in a dead thread?

TheRealNeoHentaiMaster · Post by **TheRealNeoHentaiMaster** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 10:17 pm

OK, the thing on youre camera is not firewire, not exactly anyway. Its called DV(digital video I guess). Its basically firewire for the specific purpose of video input/output. My video card has it. I think a standard firewire port will work with DV, but a DV port, like on my video card, wont work has a normal firewire port, it will only accept DV data. Long story short, if you have a port somewhere on your computer that it will fit into, you can make a webcam with it. What software you need and where you can get it, I dont know. But I do know that it exist.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 9:27 am

Hey,

I saved it for Neo, see he's knows stuff and I wouldn't want this question to go unanswered.

And as for sticking dead threads, that's just plain sick.

MODs, plz bann that person for disturbing the peace.

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