Vcon and Streaming Field Notes: Difference between revisions

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* test using: Win XP Pro, Lenovo ....
* test using: Win XP Pro, Lenovo ....
* compatible with Sony DV Cam (firewire interface)
* compatible with Sony DV Cam (firewire interface)
* NOT compatible with iSight
* perhaps NOT compatible with iSight


==MidField System==
==MidField System==

Revision as of 18:18, 2 September 2009

These are field notes by the DILC-Tau Rho Xi Vcon Group.

Digital Video Transport System

  • DVTS download: http://www.sfc.wide.ad.jp/DVTS/
  • test using: Win XP Pro, Lenovo ....
  • compatible with Sony DV Cam (firewire interface)
  • perhaps NOT compatible with iSight

MidField System

XMeeting

XMeeting is the first H.323 compatible video conferencing client for Mac OS X. It allows us to dial our Polycom.

Other Systems to Try Out

iSight on WinXP

"I just got my iSight working with Windows XP AND fixed the image quality problem many are having.

To install the iSight, just plug it in, and cancel out of the "New Hardware Wizard." The camera will show up in My Computer, but will be VERY overexposed.

Next, download some program that will allow you to fiddle with the incoming video properties. I googled and found:

http://www.1394imaging.com/products/software/iccapture/ But I'm sure there's more out there. Use this program to turn down the brightness, and voila, your iSight will remember the new settings and you get great video even with AIM. Now if only the microphone worked..."