I have a Unibrain Fire-i, which works very well with Coriander and other stuff for tethered motion detection, effectv, etc. It was very cheap, < $80 US. I've used it to run the Reactable stuff, and a bunch of other motion-based video apps. I've also got an Aiptek flash-based HD videocamera, which, while USB only, has worked very well for me and is cheap too (about $125). The Aiptek is for recording only- I just mention it in case you're looking for a recorder as well. Definitely stick with the IIDC/DCAM/non-camcorder type if you're doing streaming or encoding or effects or mo-cap on live video. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Olivier Guilyardi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ml@xung.org">ml@xung.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Dave Phillips wrote:<br>
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> I'm looking to buy a low-cost camcorder with FireWire out. Do any of you<br>
> LAUyers have a recommendation ? I'd like to stay under $200US if possible.<br>
<br>
</div>To ensure Linux compatibility, try to get yourself a device that supports IIDC.<br>
Here's a quite exhaustive list (check the IIDC column) by libdc1394 author:<br>
<a href="http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/cameras" target="_blank">http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/cameras</a><br>
<br>
We had a lot of problems setting up a DV live stream using ffmpeg because our<br>
camcorder lacked IIDC support.<br>
<br>
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