Using xbox 360 live vison camera on eMac

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Using xbox 360 live vison camera on eMac

I have read in a number of places (not here unfortunately) that the above camera works fine with eMacs and old iMac G4s. I read articles that say you just plug it in and bingo! It's not happening for me. Anyone had any luck with this? I would be very grateful for your assistance.

Nick

eMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Feb 10, 2009 6:26 PM

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Feb 11, 2009 2:33 AM in response to nlevitin

I too have heard that the Xbox 360 live camera works fine with Mac OS X... no idea why it wouldn't be working on an eMac...

Do any programs recognise it? I do believe that iChat can be very picky about which cameras it recognises, but other ones (ie Yahoo, MSN, etc) are ok...

Might try the macam.com site...

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Feb 11, 2009 6:28 AM in response to cosmichobo

Thanks for responding. Yes, I have tried Macom and usbIchat, but they don't work either. I am puzzled, because I read that people with old Macs found the xbox 360 camera the perfect camera for their situation. I am wondering if it hast to do with USB 1.1 vs USB 2.0 compatability. If that is the case, is there any way around it?

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Feb 12, 2009 3:59 AM in response to nlevitin

Oooohhh.... are you using a pre-USB2.0 eMac?

Yeah, that'd screw it up... Pretty sure you have to have USB2.0 for that (and most) camera...

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Mar 21, 2009 7:43 PM in response to cosmichobo

The Xbox 360 camera needs a USB 2.0 port to work on Macs. I had the camera plugged into my AGP 400MHz G4 tower via it's built in USB 1.1 port. It didn't work, I installed a USB 2.0 PCI card and plugged the camera into that and, boom! Works great under the latest version of Tiger. 🙂

So as long as your eMac has USB 2.0 ports, and you're running the latest version of Tiger - you can use the Xbox 360 camera just fine. Just remember, the camera does not have a microphone, but the eMac (and most other Macs) have one built-in or you can use an external microphone.

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