eye toy as a pc webcam?

[Adel151]

is it possible to use your eye toy as a webcam on your pc it shows up as a cam but you need some drivers or something...i wanted to know because my web cam sucks a$$ its a Creative webcam nx i only paid 30 bucks but its really dark

[i l l m a t i c]

i havent seen one of those, i really doubt it would work at the moment....

[ken_cinder]

Don't know much about them. But I'm technically inclined.

First off, you would need drivers written specifically for it, as it isn't designed for PC.

Secondly, how does one know it functions as a camera, and not just a motion detector?

Even if it does function as a camera, it would probably offer worse quality than any cam made for use on a PC.

[Adel151]

i dont think it can be worse then my crappy a$$ 30 buck Creative Webcam nx

[Nemo]

is it possible to use your eye toy as a webcam on your pc it shows up as a cam but you need some drivers or something...

 

 

http://sairuk.toythieves.com/eyetoy/

 

http://www.ionstorm.co.uk/files/eyetoy.php

 

 

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How to get your EyeToy working as a webcam; - Thanks to Five5v for telling me about this

 

http://support.dlink.com/

 

Use drop down boxes to locate drivers for;

D-Link DSB-C310 (Rev B1)

Download driver from D-Link

 

Unzip to a folder

Go to folder, locate OV519.inf,

Right click file,

Properties>Untick 'Read Only'

 

Open OV519.inf in Notepad

Edit>Replace

 

Replace

VID_05A9&PID_8519

with

VID_054C&PID_015X (X referring to what sairuk says http://sairuk.toythieves.com/eyetoy/ <-- here.

Select 'Replace All'

Save OV519.inf

 

Then, plug your Eye Toy into the USB port, wait for it to be recognised and

install the drivers' in the normal way using the Have Disk option at the

prompt and the modified OV519.inf file.

(double check which drivers you're installing as my Win2k attempted

to install its own driver)

 

During the installation, you'll get a system box with ???? in it...this is

the 50Hz/60Hz option setting. I set it to 50Hz for now.

That's it.

The software to view the webcam output is included in the driver pack...

AMCAP.EXE, Options>Tick Preview

You should now get a picture of whatever your EyeToy is pointed at

 

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[Ryuken]

it's da eyetoy a good webcam?

[Daeval]

Secondly, how does one know it functions as a camera, and not just a motion detector?

Part of the appeal of the eye-toy is that you can see yourself on the screen. We used to set one up on a demo system at my work, but hide the camera part amongst a display, and then watch people's reactions as they realized that, not only were they on the screen, but that fireworks were exploding on them or something similiarly silly.

 

The quality didn't look too bad on a TV, as long as you had it focused right. I'm not sure how well it would turn out on a monitor if you were expecting any amount of resolution.

 

Let me know how it works out..

[Adel151]

man these instructions are hard. can u email the appropriate drivers and files to me the links dont seem to work

Edited September 5, 2004 by Adel151

[Shibathedog]

What the hell? When EyeToy first came out and i got one, i just plugged it into my WinXP system and it worked perfectly. I have a Creative Webcam and a Logitech, and the eyetoy works fine in the Creative Software. The webcam works much better than the 80 dollar Logitech, and ALOT better than the 30 dollar Creative.

[Shibathedog]

ahhah, maybe its because they have that Hamtai thing or whatever there, mine says Maufactured by Logitech on the bottom

[Adel151]

o i tried to do what nemo did but it aint helpin i changed the inf file as he did but still no luck i doesnt even find the driver u think it has to do with my other cam being plugged in