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, &lt; $80 US.  I&#39;ve used it to run the Reactable stuff, and a bunch of other motion-based video apps.  I&#39;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&#39;re looking for a recorder as well.  Definitely stick with the IIDC/DCAM/non-camcorder type if you&#39;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">&lt;<a href="mailto:ml@xung.org">ml@xung.org</a>&gt;</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>
<br>
&gt; I&#39;m looking to buy a low-cost camcorder with FireWire out. Do any of you<br>
&gt; LAUyers have a recommendation ? I&#39;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&#39;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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<font color="#888888">  Olivier<br>
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