What is macam?
macam is a driver for USB webcams on Mac OS X.
It allows hundreds of USB webcams to be used by
many Mac OS X video-aware applications.
The aim is to support as many webcams as possible.
In addition, macam also supports downloading of images from some
dual-mode cameras. macam especially tries to support those cameras
not supported by Apple or by their manufacturers.
macam consist of an application and a component.
Run the macam application to verify whether your camera works with
your Mac and your USB setup.
The component is the actual driver that allows other applications
to access the video-stream.
(note: iChat does not recognize most USB webcams unless you install
iChatUSBCam
- this is shareware unrelated to macam)
Many thanks to the
spca5xx/gspca
Linux webcam driver project, especially
Michel Xhaard and friends. Their hard work and helpfulness have
made many of the recent advances possible.
If you have a camera and Mac OS X, please help out by testing
and reporting the results.
Thanks!
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Supported Cameras
macam supports several hundred different cameras!
Many Logitech, Creative and other name brand cameras
are supported, as are a large number of generic, and
store-branded cameras. Thus many cameras are supported that we have
not even heard about.
Here is a list of cameras with macam
support indicated.
Remember that this list is necessarily incomplete and not always
up to date; so please try the macam application with your camera
before abandoning hope. If your camera is not on the list, or if
the support is different from what is indicated, please let us know!
Latest Version (0.9.1)
The most recent version of macam is release 0.9.1, available
here.
This version adds support for a number of webcams. In
particluar the
iMage USB webcam from
Pico Instruments.
While this
camera does not need drivers with Mac OS X 10.4.3 and later,
macam now allows you to use it with earlier versions of Mac OS X.
Many thanks to
Pico Instruments
for providing both cameras and all the necessary documentation!
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