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Re: Using a different camera for scanning

Awesome, I can't wait! :)

Isaac

--- In books_users@yahoogroups.com, Chris Karr <cjkarr@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for giving that a try. I'll see what I can do in the next
> version of Books (3.2.3).
>
> -Chris
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2008, at 4:00 PM, canalnoises wrote:
> > >What happens if you select your DV camera in the iChat preferences,
> > >quit iChat, then try to scan using Books?
> >
> > No effect. The iSight still turns on even when iChat is set to use the
> > DV cam. Books doesn't use a separate driver for the camera than the
> > OS, does it? The method of "disabling" the iSight that I previously
> > mentioned seems to basically be just delete the driver, if I'm not
> > mistaken.
> > By the way, I'm still using OS X Tiger, I don't know if that makes a
> > difference though.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Isaac
> >
>





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The built in iSight camera in my aluminum iMac isn't working very well for scanning UPCs. Books' help file says other cameras can be used to scan books, but I...
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Sep 28, 2008
12:38 am

There doesn't seem to be a system preference to choose the default camera. However, you can change cameras in the iChat preferences. What happens if you select...
Chris Karr
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Oct 3, 2008
3:51 am

... No effect. The iSight still turns on even when iChat is set to use the DV cam. Books doesn't use a separate driver for the camera than the OS, does it? The...
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Oct 3, 2008
9:32 pm

Thanks for giving that a try. I'll see what I can do in the next version of Books (3.2.3). -Chris...
Chris Karr
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Oct 4, 2008
11:43 am

Awesome, I can't wait! :) Isaac...
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Oct 6, 2008
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