Re: Webcam video to external storage device

From: Anthony Ayiomamitis (anthony_at_perseus.no2spam.gr)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:14:51 +0200

Folks,

Thanks to all the replies. The cheapest solution is indeed getting a
PCMCIA USB2.0 card following more research with the help of Steve's
initial reply. Also, it is not possible for video recording directly to
an external storage device using, for example, the Maxtor One-Touch
external hard drives as I just confirmed.

I have been quite happy with my Phillips ToUCam Pro and the only fly in
the ointment has been the USB1.1 port on my laptop which did not permit
me to max out on the capture and recording of even more frames.

Aside from forgetting to stick a UV-IR Cur filter, here is my latest
Saturn effort ... http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Planet-Sat-20041107b.htm ....

Anthony.

Chris L Peterson wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:32:31 +0200, Anthony Ayiomamitis
><anthony@perseus.no2spam.gr> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Has anyone tried (successfully or otherwise) to record video
>>captures from a webcam to an external storage device directly?
>>
>>
>
>I don't think that's possible. The computer is too involved in the whole process
>of controlling the camera.
>
>
>
>
>>I am
>>limited by my USB 1.1 which allows me to use a frame rate of 5 or 10 fps
>>and I would like to increment this capture rate to 25 or 30 fps.
>>However, I need something like a firewire connection which I already
>>have on my Dell laptop. Another possibility would be for the webcam to
>>be interfaced to my laptop's firewire slot directly which I do not know
>>if it is possible or not using some intermediate adapter (USB to IEEE 1394).
>>
>>
>
>You could add a USB2 adapter (PC Card), or you could get a Firewire interfaced
>webcam, or you could get a Firewire video capture device and use a video camera
>rather than a webcam. The latter solution would cost you a few hundred dollars
>(US) but would also let you use a much higher quality camera than any webcam.
>
>_________________________________________________
>
>Chris L Peterson
>Cloudbait Observatory
>http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>

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