Rigging a webcam question, ho.
So, a friend lent me a Canon ZR85 video camera a while back and I have, just today, pulled it out and discovered that I should be able to use it as a webcam on my G5 mac.
It's got a firewire port...engaged.
It also has a usb port...also engaged.
Skype...downloaded and engaged.
But the system is not seeing the camera at all.
I've turned it off and on again. Tried hitting record. And, in general, futzed with buttons, but nothing shows up on the desktop.
In checking for drivers, I'm told that it should not need one.
I don't have imovie, which was recommended to 'force' the system to see the camera.
Any suggestions on what I should try next?
Much obliged!
info about the camera...[link]
info about the system...OS 10.4.11, Dual 2 GHz ppc G5
Google reader causes my computer to crash intermittently. As in instant ,5 second long improper shutdown, No other app does this, so not going to try to diagnose, Any recs on alternate RSS reader? Client based rather than web based is fine. Thanks.
Typo Boy, can you try Google reader on a different browser?
Yeah, a good chance it is Firefov specific.RSS is way older than Google reader. Is GR really onlt decent RSS reader?
Is GR really onlt decent RSS reader?
Bloglines (another free online reader) is OK. I switched from Bloglines to Google Reader due to Bloglines being down too much, but I don't know if it's improved since then.
I've never used a dedicated app for reading RSS feeds, but there are some good ones....
Give Feed Demon a try. It needs IE7 to be installed, though.
I use Google Reader with Firefox & XP on a PC and haven't had any trouble with it. The missus uses Bloglines on similar hardware and likes it.
I'll bet what is happening is that reader uner ff is making some hardware call the other software does not which hits a hardwarw flaw on my old machine,
whivh is y switching readers is my solution, tpos wrse than usual because typing on netbook keyboard,
