After a lot of research and because of the very few webcams that actually work with the apple macbooks, I purchased the Logitec C910. The camera works very well on all the macbook’s programs including Apple Photo Booth, the camera works perfectly. However, when I use the camera with Mix Emercency the refresh rate is super delayed, it looks almost like stills, like if the camera is taking pictures and waits 2 seconds displaying the picture and then it goes to the next frame.
Is there something I need to do in ME settings? The way it is right now, it is pretty much useless and the camera was not that cheap either.
Thanks in advance.
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I remember another user was having issues with frame rates recently, and he ended up opening the camera in QuickTime Player, then selecting a lower quality setting in QuickTime. You could try doing that (you'll have to exit QuickTime Player before using it in MixEmergency again).
...but how do I do this?
"Have you tried using it on one of the channels (instead of as an overlay) with MixEmergency's "hidden feature" (DVInputStream) file."
And how do I do this?
"opening the camera in QuickTime Player, then selecting a lower quality setting in QuickTime. "
For the other part:
1) Open QuickTime Player
2) In the menu, select File -> New Movie Recording
3) A new windows should open up that shows the output from your camera
4) Make sure you select the camer you want (if you're using Mac OS 10.7, there should be a little drop-down menu to the right of the full-screen icon)
5) Set the Quality setting (also in the drop-down menu) to Medium
I downloaded the .zip file you suggested on the other thread and nothing happens? What is it? Is it instructions on how to get the hidden functionality or is it the plugin? Please advice, I would like to use it tonight.
When I unzip the file using the Archive utility and it creates this file
video.DVInputStream.zip.cpgz
What am I doing wrong?
Any file that ends in ".DVInputStream" will do....
Nothing happens. I renamed the file to video.DVInputStream and does not do anything. What is suppose to happen? The thread you suggested doe snot really tell me how is used
Sorry for bugging you this much Nick
I was able to make the DVInputStream feature but I do get the same result. The output is super slow, not usable at all with this logitech webcam, the weird thing is that when I use the internal iSight webcam on my macBook pro works very well, any ideas? have you tested this feature (either DVInputStream or Overlay) with any webcam other than the internal iSght on a mac?
Can you please do the following:
1) Load the DVInputStream file onto one of the channels
2) Open the Info window in MixEmergency (it's in the Window menu in the menu bar)
3) Check to see what dimensions the video is rendering at (listed after "Size:" on that window)
I'm interested to know what size the buffer is that is being used for the video.
not to the extent your describing, but the isight camera is pretty much always going
to have a smoother picture becuase USB2.0 is only so fast
(Im looking into usb3, fw800/400 via express card ...yes, thats only for the 17" users)
Frames Per Second 30.0
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Video RAM: 256 MB
Output: 1024 X 768
Pipeline: 1024 X 768
Previews 418 X 236
Refresh Rate: 60.0 Hz
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Size: 1600 X 1200
Buffer: 0
Back: 0
For: 0
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Size: 0 X 0
Buffer: 0
Back: 0
For:0
Is the size to large, can I adjust that , when I play a video the size changes to 640 X 360 and the buffer is at 1024
If it's okay with you, I'd like to send you a test version of MixEmergency to see if it helps with this iss.
i think all HD usb webcams have the lag issue......