ed dowie

I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I want to incorporate motion-tracking (using Jitter) into a project of mine and wish to purchase a webcam for this purpose. I would like to do this as cheap-as-possible(!) It seems that there are a lot of cheap webcams available for PC, but not for mac.

Do I need to spend more money for a mac webcam? I do not need it to be a fantastic picture quality as I am just using it for motion-tracking.

Will I need to acquire a separate driver for a webcam?

Are there potential problems with any particular webcams when it comes to using them in Jitter?

I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I want to incorporate motion-tracking (using Jitter) into a project of mine and wish to purchase a webcam for this purpose. I would like to do this as cheap-as-possible(!) It seems that there are a lot of cheap webcams available for PC, but not for mac. 

Do I need to spend more money for a mac webcam? I do not need it to be a fantastic picture quality as I am just using it for motion-tracking. 

Are there potential problems with any particular webcams when it comes to using them in Jitter? 

webcam-for-mac

I like the unibrain fire-i cameras - prefer the board camera version so you can change lenses based on your need

they come with drivers - though cycling 74 suggests using the ones already on your mac... I found that using the included ones was helpful when working on a multiple camera system

don't know if this counts as cheap-as-possible or not but having bought mine for a specific project, I find I use use them for all sorts of things...

Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:16:48 AM

they come with drivers - though cycling 74 suggests using the ones already on your mac...  I found that using the included ones was helpful when working on a multiple camera system

----- Original Message ----
From: ed dowie 
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:16:48 AM
Subject: [jitter] Webcam for Mac

jamie, can you specify color mode fps and resolution on the unibrain from

inside jit.qt.grab? i couldn't find the button.

> I like the unibrain fire-i cameras - prefer the board camera version so

> you can change lenses based on your need

> they come with drivers - though cycling 74 suggests using the ones already

> on your mac... I found that using the included ones was helpful when

> don't know if this counts as cheap-as-possible or not but having bought

> mine for a specific project, I find I use use them for all sorts of

> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:16:48 AM

> I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I want to incorporate

> motion-tracking (using Jitter) into a project of mine and wish to purchase a

> webcam for this purpose. I would like to do this as cheap-as-possible(!) It

> seems that there are a lot of cheap webcams available for PC, but not for

> Do I need to spend more money for a mac webcam? I do not need it to be a

> fantastic picture quality as I am just using it for motion-tracking.

> Will I need to acquire a separate driver for a webcam?

> Are there potential problems with any particular webcams when it comes to

jamie, can you specify color mode fps and resolution on the unibrain from
inside jit.qt.grab? i couldn't find the button.

On 11/13/06, jamie jewett  wrote:
>
> I like the unibrain fire-i cameras - prefer the board camera version so
> you can change lenses based on your need
>
> they come with drivers - though cycling 74 suggests using the ones already
> on your mac...  I found that using the included ones was helpful when
> working on a multiple camera system
>
> don't know if this counts as cheap-as-possible or not but having bought
> mine for a specific project, I find I use use them for all sorts of
> things...
>
> good luck
> jamie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: ed dowie 
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:16:48 AM
> Subject: [jitter] Webcam for Mac
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I want to incorporate
> motion-tracking (using Jitter) into a project of mine and wish to purchase a
> webcam for this purpose. I would like to do this as cheap-as-possible(!) It
> seems that there are a lot of cheap webcams available for PC, but not for
> mac.
>
> Do I need to spend more money for a mac webcam? I do not need it to be a
> fantastic picture quality as I am just using it for motion-tracking.
>
> Will I need to acquire a separate driver for a webcam?
>
> Are there potential problems with any particular webcams when it comes to
> using them in Jitter?
>
> Any pitfalls?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you in advance for any advice
>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>

>they come with drivers - though cycling 74 suggests using the ones 

>already on your mac... I found that using the included ones was 

>helpful when working on a multiple camera system

a few years ago - it was 2004 more or less (with the then-latest 

max/jitter and mac OS) using the provided drivers was nice as you 

could name the unibrains (i have 5 of them) and when you would plug 

one, the mac knew which one it was (you could name them)

early/mid 2006, with max 4.5.7 and jitter 1.5, i would not reccomend 

using the provided drivers - if you plug-in another unibrain, it 

using it without those, on "generic" drivers (or is it "no drivers" 

?) works super well - and i did recommend thse web cams to many 

as far as i remember, they cost around 100 euros each

>they come with drivers - though cycling 74 suggests using the ones 
>already on your mac...  I found that using the included ones was 
>helpful when working on a multiple camera system

a few years ago - it was 2004 more or less (with the then-latest 
max/jitter and mac OS) using the provided drivers was nice as you 
could name the  unibrains (i have 5 of them) and when you would plug 
one, the mac knew which one it was (you could name them)

early/mid 2006, with max 4.5.7 and jitter 1.5, i would not reccomend 
using the provided drivers - if you plug-in another unibrain, it 
crashes max

using it without those, on "generic" drivers (or is it "no drivers" 
?) works super well - and i did recommend thse web cams to many 
friends

kasper
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