Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Firewire Cameras on MacOSX?

[Georgi Georgiev <chutz gg3 net>]

On 30/06/2003 at 18:58:39(-0700), Hugh Caley used 1.1K just to say:
> It works with every video app I use, including iChat, Yahoo Messenger, 
> iVisit, etc.
> 
> I don't know what libraries are used, unfortunately.  I'm assuming 
> Quicktime?

Unfortunately I've never touched BSD, and I've only heard that OS X is BSD
based. If the libs that are used for manipulating the firewire cameras work on
your system, it should be just fine. You could try the following:

1. Check if you have a /dev/video1394 or similar device. The existence of such
a file should be good enough.

2. Check if you can get your camera working with either

a) Coriander http://freshmeat.net/projects/coriander/
b) dvgrab    http://freshmeat.net/projects/dvgrab/

I believe you have better chances with Coriander, but I found no references to
Coriander and BSD on the same page. Success with either Coriander or dvgrab
means that it shouldn't be hard to get your camera working with gnomemeeting.

Good luck and report progress.

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