I'm desperately trying to figure out how to reliably connect my camera to Pd, so that I can use it as a live camera feed, and effect the video in real time. I've been trying to use the [pix_video] object, but haven't got particularly far - video is new territory for me - keep getting error messages 'Could not make new SG channel error -9405' and 'SGIdle failed with error -9402'.

Not sure how to go about this - sometimes it seems to work with built-in cam, sometimes not..

Any tips?

Thanks so.

Danny

What OS are you on?

Does the 7D register itself as a webcam on the system outside of PD?
(can you use it with skype, etc)

AFAIK, you can't get the live video from the 7d (or any DSLR) over usb.
You have to use:

1. a converter cable that will give video out (composite/component)
   and then plug that into a usb video device that accepts composite/component

2. a cable that takes the camera output and converts it to HDMI and then plug that into a (expensive) HDMI capture card. Though I have no idea if the HDMI capture device would be detected/useable for all video apps...

Hi atarikai - thanks for reply.
I've now got a new problem - had a small amount of progress.

I decided that it might be a silly idea using my DSLR, lots of people suggesting that it's tricky and not really what it's meant for. So, I've borrowed a friend's video cam - Sony HVR-Z1e. Have connected it by firewire and can use it with latest version of skype fine. But I still don't know how to select it as a device in Gem. Is it a driver problem? It's just a little beyond me....!

Do you know the steps I should be taking to get it working? I'm using [pix_video] and have looked at the video source using [source dialog( - the camera won't show up.

Any ideas?

Danny

PS: I'm running on Mac OSX 10.6.7 Snow Leopard.

I have tried connect my canon 5D mark 2 camera,and I find the same problem in GEM, I have put pix_video object,but it just open the default cam from the computer. I used a free software called"CamTwist", it can capture an area from your desktop,and it's possible run into Skype or PD. but first you have to open canon's software EOS Utility,open the realtime display window,and then use CamTwist to capture the window on your desktop. it's tricky,quality not very good,but it's working well.

for higher quality,I would like to know the other way to connect my DSLR camera to PD GEM ,like HDMI output .but my MAC and camera's HDMI are both output port. I really don't know how to connect them. firewire port usually I use for sound card.

many thanks!