I am making a video interactive installation. I use a DV camera(Canon

DM-XM2) to catch the image behind the screen and sent it to a projector

opposited the screen. Now I got a big delay problem with the DV camera. It

cause the interaction can not happen accurately. By the way, the lowest

resolution of the DV is 640* 480. I am wonderring what the normal delay

I am making a video interactive installation. I use a DV camera(Canon
DM-XM2) to catch the image behind the screen and sent it to a projector
opposited the screen. Now I got a big delay problem with the  DV camera. It
cause the interaction can not happen accurately. By the way, the lowest
resolution of the DV is 640* 480. I am wonderring what the normal delay
time will be?

Any help  would be appreciated very much!

delay-time

every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~ 7 frame delay. welcome to the 

wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)

On Aug 18, 2006, at 7:05 PM, Xinmei Chen wrote:

> I am making a video interactive installation. I use a DV camera 

> (Canon DM-XM2) to catch the image behind the screen and sent it to 

> a projector opposited the screen. Now I got a big delay problem 

> with the DV camera. It cause the interaction can not happen 

> accurately. By the way, the lowest resolution of the DV is 640* 

> 480. I am wonderring what the normal delay time will be?

> Any help would be appreciated very much!

every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~  7 frame delay. welcome to the  
wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)

> Dear List,
>
> I am making a video interactive installation. I use a DV camera 
> (Canon DM-XM2) to catch the image behind the screen and sent it to  
> a projector opposited the screen. Now I got a big delay problem  
> with the  DV camera. It cause the interaction can not happen  
> accurately. By the way, the lowest resolution of the DV is 640*  
> 480. I am wonderring what the normal delay time will be?
>
> Any help  would be appreciated very much!
>
> Best,
>
> Xinmei
>
>

soooo.... seeing as how milton has yet to update the outcastsoft DFG 

driver, what video-in options are there for slotless macintoshes? 

> every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~ 7 frame delay. welcome to 

> the wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)

> On Aug 18, 2006, at 7:05 PM, Xinmei Chen wrote:

>> I am making a video interactive installation. I use a DV camera 

>> (Canon DM-XM2) to catch the image behind the screen and sent it to 

>> a projector opposited the screen. Now I got a big delay problem 

>> with the DV camera. It cause the interaction can not happen 

>> accurately. By the way, the lowest resolution of the DV is 640* 

>> 480. I am wonderring what the normal delay time will be?

>> Any help would be appreciated very much!

soooo.... seeing as how milton has yet to update the outcastsoft DFG  
driver, what video-in options are there for slotless macintoshes?   
(not counting IIDC cameras)

> every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~  7 frame delay. welcome to  
> the wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)
>
>
> v a d e //
>
> www.vade.info
> abstrakt.vade.info
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2006, at 7:05 PM, Xinmei Chen wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> I am making a video interactive installation. I use a DV camera 
>> (Canon DM-XM2) to catch the image behind the screen and sent it to  
>> a projector opposited the screen. Now I got a big delay problem  
>> with the  DV camera. It cause the interaction can not happen  
>> accurately. By the way, the lowest resolution of the DV is 640*  
>> 480. I am wonderring what the normal delay time will be?
>>
>> Any help  would be appreciated very much!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Xinmei
>>
>>
>


What do you mean? Version 3 of the driver was released last week (and 

Am 19.08.2006 um 16:32 schrieb joshua goldberg:

> soooo.... seeing as how milton has yet to update the outcastsoft 

> DFG driver, what video-in options are there for slotless 

> macintoshes? (not counting IIDC cameras)

> On Aug 19, 2006, at 1:02 AM, vade wrote:

>> every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~ 7 frame delay. welcome to 

>> the wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)

What do you mean? Version 3 of the driver was released last week (and  
was beta tested in Jitter UB).

> soooo.... seeing as how milton has yet to update the outcastsoft  
> DFG driver, what video-in options are there for slotless  
> macintoshes?  (not counting IIDC cameras)
>
> On Aug 19, 2006, at 1:02 AM, vade wrote:
>
>> every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~  7 frame delay. welcome to  
>> the wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)


ah. vacation minus internet equals ignorance. thanks!

On Aug 19, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Jeremy Bernstein wrote:

> What do you mean? Version 3 of the driver was released last week 

> Am 19.08.2006 um 16:32 schrieb joshua goldberg:

>> soooo.... seeing as how milton has yet to update the outcastsoft 

>> DFG driver, what video-in options are there for slotless 

>> macintoshes? (not counting IIDC cameras)

>> On Aug 19, 2006, at 1:02 AM, vade wrote:

>>> every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~ 7 frame delay. welcome to 

>>> the wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)

ah.  vacation minus internet equals ignorance.  thanks!

> What do you mean? Version 3 of the driver was released last week  
> (and was beta tested in Jitter UB).
>
> jb
>
> Am 19.08.2006 um 16:32 schrieb joshua goldberg:
>
>> soooo.... seeing as how milton has yet to update the outcastsoft  
>> DFG driver, what video-in options are there for slotless  
>> macintoshes?  (not counting IIDC cameras)
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2006, at 1:02 AM, vade wrote:
>>
>>> every DV device (Ive seen... ) has a ~  7 frame delay. welcome to  
>>> the wonderful world of consumer electronics ;)
>
>


so to answer your question Xinmei, you will need to use a non-compressed video source like the DFG/1394 Video-to-FireWire converter ($350) or the Unibrain Fire-i camera ($100) to cut out the delay. 

so to answer your question Xinmei, you will need to use a non-compressed video source like the DFG/1394 Video-to-FireWire converter ($350) or the Unibrain Fire-i camera ($100) to cut out the delay.  
good luck!
Aaron


You can also use an ImagingSource camera since it is uncompressed as well.

> so to answer your question Xinmei, you will need to use a non-compressed video source like the DFG/1394 Video-to-FireWire converter ($350) or the Unibrain Fire-i camera ($100) to cut out the delay.

On 8/21/06, Aaron Miller  wrote:
>
> so to answer your question Xinmei, you will need to use a non-compressed video source like the DFG/1394 Video-to-FireWire converter ($350) or the Unibrain Fire-i camera ($100) to cut out the delay.
> good luck!
> Aaron
>
