Yesterday Apple announced a new zero-config chat client with audio and video capabilities called iChat AV. When everyone else has been saying video conferencing – Apple is saying, call you grandkids and see them on video. It’s a super easy to set up, and it delivers a high quality video stream right through your chat client. Not a real big deal, but they’re doing it better and easier than I’ve ever seen.
iChat AV supports Apples new iSight, as well as “any firewire ready camcorder.” This got me to thinking, what if I had a Dazzle analog to firewire converter? Could I stream from whatever analog video or audio source I want? If I had a buddy in say South Carolina who wasn’t able to get the Vikings game, I could patch it through my Dazzle (that I don’t have) and stream the game down to him. I believe the answer is yes you can, but of course not without the written consent of the NFL. Too easy.
Yellow Bird says:
Finally a good use for computers, but you are still a geek.
June 26, 2003 — 7:52 am
jah says:
Nice Tim
June 26, 2003 — 9:09 am
bgt says:
the little hampster never falls asleep in it’s wheel in your head tim!
June 26, 2003 — 3:39 pm
Yellow Bird says:
Looks like I struck a nerve Timmmy!
June 30, 2003 — 8:09 am
Tim says:
YB:
I just couldn’t believe that you thought anything involving the Vikings is a good idea. You are truly a Minnesotan now!
June 30, 2003 — 9:37 am
tp says:
I tried it and ichat av doesn’t recognize the dazzle hollywood DV bridge as a firewire camera.
July 1, 2003 — 12:27 pm
Telemaque says:
To use Dazzle, connect an analog video source, then place the hollywood bridge in mode “A to D” by pressing mode button at the back. Indicator “A to D” must pass to green. 🙂
July 10, 2003 — 10:44 am
Tim says:
I knew it would work. Thanks Telemaque!
July 10, 2003 — 11:20 am
Dawg says:
Do you know why the video is backwards?
August 1, 2003 — 9:30 pm