VideoTools is a great Quartz Composer plug-in that provides QuickTime-free live Firewire video capture, using libdc1394 2.x.
VideoTools is offering support for any IIDC/DCAM-compliant Firewire camera.
Here are some key features of "VideoTools":
Cameras Tested Successfully:
· DMx 21BF04 by The Imaging Source
· Flea2 Color (FL2G-13S2C) by Point Grey Research
· Flea2 Mono (FL2G-13S2M) by Point Grey Research
· iSight by Apple (External Firewire)
Requirements:
· Quartz Composer
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added Network Camera Input patch. It was previously released as Axis Camera. Since the latest Axis Camera patch release, it`s been expanded to work on many additional camera brands, and to improve resilience against unstable network connections.
· Added Video Player patch for QuickTime-free video input.
· Added QuickTime Player patch for QuickTime video input in a separate process.