TV Tuner as webcam

I have both an ATI USB Wonder and ATI USB TV Wonder Pro PCI, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to use the video input from either of these as a "webcam" for MSN Messenger. I happen to have a digital camera that has video output capability, but no webcam. Both tuners will show up under the "audio-video setup" and I can get picture, but when I go to "webcam settings" to select and activate the tuner as a webcam, neither will show up. I am using WinXP Pro, and the bundled drivers for both TV tuners since I can't seem to get the newer ones from ATI's site to install.

Thanks!
-mcg

Remember the X10 camera stuff?

Well, it really works, and works well.

One part of the setup is a transmitter with a camera attached, and the other part is a receiver, which could be connected to video in on your computer which has a capture card with composit video in port.

The video is usually on the 2.4 GHz bandwidth (like WiFi, cordless phones, and microwave ovens).

Anyway, check out the X10. Alternately, Radio Shack might have something similar, as I say a setup there about a year ago.

I remember once that I was instant messaging with a webcam with a guy from Australia and he was able to show his home videos through the ICQ. I watched the waves breaking on the shore in his backyard.

I think that, if your IM can pick up the video source, in this case your TV tuner, then you should be able to send that TV through the particular IM that you are using.

For instance, I have a miniDV camcorder which I use for video conferencing with MSM Messenger. I can put a miniDV tape in the camcorder and run that in MSM Messenger.

I can not do that with Yahoo Messenger. It is a driver issue.

With MSM Messenger, I can pickup TV from my Hauppauge PVR 250MCE tuner. And, it can be seen by whomever is on the other side of the video conference.

So, if your MSN Mesenger can see your TV tuner, you should be able to send the TV program.

Is this what you want to do?

WHen setting up camera settings in your IM program, isn't your capture card listed? I think it works with my AIW, but you don't have access to any of the tv controls while it's running. You have to set up the channel and volume in MMC first, shut it down, and then broadcast it.

sorry, had a brain fart. try eyeball chat. i think it support digital camcorders via firewire. and I think it connect to the big 3 im networks.

I had similar problems with my Trust digital camera .. In specifications it said it implements functions of photo-aparat , webcam , dictaphone and camera .

so I tried to hook it with MSN and in the end I menaged to do it somehow...

you must play with the options in MSN , and NOT TO FORGET TO ENCRASE BRIGHTNESS IN THE OPTIONS!

thats very important.

All you need is webcam software to grab the video and make it a webcam, i do it everyday. It can play movies off your drive, of liek you want from tv tuner card.

I use http://www.webcammax.com/

Anything like that 1 theres many fere ones to liek
Splitcam-
http://download.cnet.com/SplitCam/ [...] 00269.html

Many Cam-
http://www.manycam.com/

etc etc

cya