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Subject:   Closer still, but not yet there
Date:   2003-07-03 19:53:00
From:   anonymous2
Response to: Connecting iSight to a Dell Laptop -- 'almost' there but still need help(sigh)

OK -- with a 9v power supply the picture was basically white. I just plugged in a 12v / 1.5A power supply from Radio Shack and the picture is now very discernible, but the color is terrible and the horizontal synch seems off. The top band of 70 pixels or so of the picture appear in a band at the bottom of the frame. FWIW, the picture is much worse in the "Audio Tuning Wizard" of Windows Messenger than in the generic 1394 applet in the control panel.


It's a pity I can't post a small bitmap to this board.


Could anyone tell me what the specs of the power supply of the iPod power supply are? thanks!


Scott
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  • Re: Connecting iSight to a PC
    2003-07-03 20:52:25  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    Hmmm. I found a different generic driver at http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~iwan/1394/

    Using this driver, I got MUCH better control and eventually a picture that I could recognize!! And in fact this worked even when i switched back to the 9v/1.1A power adapter. However:

    1) there is still a problem with the horizontal sycn -- the top band of the picture appears in the bottom band of the window

    2) there is very visible jitter and flicker in the picture.

    3) Windows Messenger no longer recognizes that there is a camera attached to the PC.

    -- just trying to help
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