[Wear-Hard] Best Camera/Webcam for EyeTap?

[Panthera Altaica]

--- On Sat, 5/23/09, tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com> wrote:

> I removed the IR filter from the
> Logitech Communicate MP CMOS webcam to try it out. I enjoy
> the ability to see in low-light and no-visible-light
> conditions (with an illuminator). I walked around my house
> at night with a TV remote for a flashlight, looking through
> stuff not previously thought to be transparent. Needless to
> say, the experience was exciting. 

The infamous Sony nightshot 'Xray' vision? :)
Now we just need to advertise these IR eyetaps in the back of some comic books and we will be rich!

hmms. 
That reminds me of another product I saw... 
Has someone already done that?.....

> Linux / the Eee PC can't both read from a webcam and
> play a video with mplayer, but it can play multiple camera

What codex was the video?  Have you tried playing a Mjpeg encoded vid?

> sources simultaneously. I think it might have something to

You played from multiple Webcams?
How many do you run at once? 
And at what resolution?
It sounds like good news for me.  I need to run 3 webcams at once. at QVGA.

> do with video overlays, maybe v4l/mplayer takes exclusive
> control of it, maybe it's a /dev device file. Multiple

What error are you getting?

We had problems with MythTV's built in DVD player. so watch DVDs with VLC  it reports it can't access the display if we leave the front end on MythTV running.  
Maybe you should try VLC?


Keep up the good work.  I'm interested on if you manage. to get a EyeTap.  I've always envied The wearcam folks since the Connectix Quickcam days.  

I see that have a new one piece Eyetap.  That doesn't look to bad.  If it was binocular instead of Monocular it would pass as a pair of gaudy sunglasses.  At least it's not the borg look.  but the Monocular looking like a retrofuturistic space pirate's eye patch.  Just dress up like a pirate or practice for 'Speak like a pirate day' and no one will suspect anything. :)