Setting up USB webcam

imme · imme #1 (**permalink**)

02-20-2008, 09:54 AM

Im trying to set up my USB logitech webcam on my macbook.

..I have no idea how to go about setting it up and checking its working.

wcarr3 · wcarr3 #2 (**permalink**)

02-20-2008, 10:10 AM

Why do you need a USB web cam?? Your built in camera on your laptop won't suffice??

imme · imme #3 (**permalink**)

02-20-2008, 10:28 AM

No it wont, I want the camera in a different position to my macbook

walkerj · walkerj #4 (**permalink**)

02-20-2008, 12:45 PM

Unfortunately, you may be out of luck a bit with the Logitech camera if you want to use it other than your built-in iSight because there might not be drivers for it.

However in the interest of getting a non-iSight equipped Mac to work with a webcam, my research and experience has led me purchase, test, and get working a different camera, a RocketFish webcam which comes with drivers for Mac OS X. It's about $50, and while I haven't tested it on my Macbook, it works fine on a Mac Mini.

Worst case, you buy it and it doesn't work you can return it to say, Best Buy or some other place from which you got it.

mac57 · mac57 #5 (**permalink**)

02-20-2008, 04:58 PM

You may also want to check out www.ecamm.com. They provide drivers that will let many Logitech web cams work with OS X.

Finally, if you are confining your video activities to Skype only, I would strongly recommend the Logitech Quickcam Pro for Notebooks. This is a 2 Mp camera with a real glass lens. It produces a vastly superior picture quality to any webcam I have seen before. While not advertized as being Mac compatible, it does work with Mac Skype, at least on Tiger.

scott_money · scott_money #6 (**permalink**)

02-20-2008, 09:49 PM

I have an XBOX360 web cam and it works great, just plug and play. Bad thing is that there is not microphone on the camera so you will need and external mic to get sound. Also I have a Logitech webcam the STX model and I downloaded a driver from the macam website and it worked just fine.

hammer25624 · hammer25624 #7 (**permalink**)

10-09-2009, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imme

Im trying to set up my USB logitech webcam on my macbook.

..I have no idea how to go about setting it up and checking its working.

Thanks for asking this question. I have an iMac24 and the webcam shoots over my kids' head or sometimes we want to position it without having to move the whole monitor...

Any other suggestions if I were to buy a new web cam?

Thanks in advance!

mac57 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	02-20-2008, 04:58 PM You may also want to check out www.ecamm.com. They provide drivers that will let many Logitech web cams work with OS X. Finally, if you are confining your video activities to Skype only, I would strongly recommend the Logitech Quickcam Pro for Notebooks. This is a 2 Mp camera with a real glass lens. It produces a vastly superior picture quality to any webcam I have seen before. While not advertized as being Mac compatible, it does work with Mac Skype, at least on Tiger. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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imme #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 04, 2008 Posts: 256	02-20-2008, 09:54 AM Im trying to set up my USB logitech webcam on my macbook. ..I have no idea how to go about setting it up and checking its working.
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wcarr3 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 30, 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 208 Mac Specs: MBP, 13.3" \|\| iMac 20" 2.16 GHz C2D, 250 GB HD, 2 GB RAM, \|\| 32GB i-Phone 4 \|\| 32GB AT&T 3G iPad	02-20-2008, 10:10 AM Why do you need a USB web cam?? Your built in camera on your laptop won't suffice??
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walkerj #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 13, 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA, USA Posts: 1,186 Mac Specs: 13" Macbook Pro 2.26Ghz Unibody 4G RAM 160G HDD Superdrive	02-20-2008, 12:45 PM Unfortunately, you may be out of luck a bit with the Logitech camera if you want to use it other than your built-in iSight because there might not be drivers for it. However in the interest of getting a non-iSight equipped Mac to work with a webcam, my research and experience has led me purchase, test, and get working a different camera, a RocketFish webcam which comes with drivers for Mac OS X. It's about $50, and while I haven't tested it on my Macbook, it works fine on a Mac Mini. Worst case, you buy it and it doesn't work you can return it to say, Best Buy or some other place from which you got it.
	QUOTE Thanks

scott_money #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 31, 2008 Posts: 9	02-20-2008, 09:49 PM I have an XBOX360 web cam and it works great, just plug and play. Bad thing is that there is not microphone on the camera so you will need and external mic to get sound. Also I have a Logitech webcam the STX model and I downloaded a driver from the macam website and it worked just fine.
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