Help Needed ! Compatible web cam ?

[timmoore46]

Now this fine Dome base unit iMac is running OS X 10.4.11

It only has USB 1 ?

we live in the UK

Now we want to use a webcam and Skype (or anything) to talk to and see distant relatives.

But a PC Webcam does not work, not even a flicker !

So what model do we need and where do we get it from ?

Is it possible ?

Any responses greatly appreciated !

A puzzled,

Tim

 

[wilnis]

tim-I have an early 09 mac mini and after some research I purchased a Logitech WebCam Pro 9000. According to my searching of mini sites this is identical to the mac only Logitech web cam except for some features that I decided I didn't need and it costs some $15-30 less than the identified mac one. I got mine at BestBuy and it works just as I had read. I had to set the sound for "unidentified usb device" and it was plug and play otherwise, no software needed. that's my experience, a less exensive logitech didn't work.
Regards-Bill

 

[ChazUK]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 1.6; en-us; Archos5 Build/Donut) AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile Safari/525.20.1)

If you already have a webcam to try, it might be worth giving maccam a go.

http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/

It may help!