iUSBCam for Mac2.2.5

I am very happy with iUSBCam. It works as advertised, with a Hue Clique USB webcam and 10.4.11. The developer is helpful and prompt responding to questions. I had asked about the licensing, and the developer informed me that my license is good for all of my personal Macs, which makes the low price even better. The trial period is one week, which is plenty of time to determine if it will work. A driver must also be installed for the USB camera to work. I got mine from the webcam manufacturer's website- the most recent driver instead of the outdated one that came with the CD. If your camera manufacturer doesn't have a Mac OS X driver, check out Macam, a free USB webcam driver that is available here at MacUpdate. For some reason, the feature that IMO makes iUSBCam a necessity, is not even mentioned in the description above. It enables older Macs that don't meet the requirements set by Apple to broadcast video in iChat and other IM programs. I installed it on a 400MHz G3 iMac and a 466MHz iBook SE, and it works perfectly. Also enables an external iSight to work on older Macs that fall under the requirements. Prior to iUSBCam, the iSight would power itself off after showing a few seconds of video- enough to know that the computer was not the problem. Because of iUSBCam, I can use my USB webcam in iChat, or my FireWire iSight on all of my Macs. Fantastic!

Compatibility Note: iUSBCam is no longer supported in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). source: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iusbcam/

I am very happy with iUSBCam. It works as advertised, with a Hue Clique USB webcam and 10.4.11. The developer is helpful and prompt responding to questions. I had asked about the licensing, and the developer informed me that my license is good for all of my personal Macs, which makes the low price even better. The trial period is one week, which is plenty of time to determine if it will work. A driver must also be installed for the USB camera to work. I got mine from the webcam manufacturer's website- the most recent driver instead of the outdated one that came with the CD. If your camera manufacturer doesn't have a Mac OS X driver, check out Macam, a free USB webcam driver that is available here at MacUpdate. For some reason, the feature that IMO makes iUSBCam a necessity, is not even mentioned in the description above. It enables older Macs that don't meet the requirements set by Apple to broadcast video in iChat and other IM programs. I installed it on a 400MHz G3 iMac and a 466MHz iBook SE, and it works perfectly. Also enables an external iSight to work on older Macs that fall under the requirements. Prior to iUSBCam, the iSight would power itself off after showing a few seconds of video- enough to know that the computer was not the problem. Because of iUSBCam, I can use my USB webcam in iChat, or my FireWire iSight on all of my Macs. Fantastic!

This program is a ten! I have a 24 inch iMac with the built in camera. I really like the ability to use a USB web cam as it gives me the ability to sit and relax instead of sitting fixed in front of the iMac. Gladly bought the program minutes after using it.

Outstanding software makes usb cameras finally useful on any OS X Mac and very nice interface can easily compare with Apple's own cameras.

Works great on Tiger and Powerbook 667DVI

How come I cant get more then two people in a video chat(me and another person)?Is it because I havent registered yet?Great software though,I dont know why apple didnt include support for usb cameras.If the camera works in quicktime I dont understant why it wouldent work in ichat(probably because they want people to buy the isight).Very usefull software,alot cheaper then a 150 dollar isight.

Version 2.0.3 works perfectly on tiger with macam and the Philips USB ToUcam on my 1GHz G4 PB!

2.0.2 is incompatible with Tiger 10.4. There's a compatible beta on their site 2.0.3b6.

Well installed Tiger 10.4 tonight and webcam doesnt work in ichat anymore. When might we see a update or am i not doing something right? great app love it.

IMAC DV 450 Mhz 320 MB RAM ISIGHT ICHAT AV 2.1 (v153) There is no need to buy a new mac anymore!!!! It works as advertize.

Just tried this for the first time with a Toucam Pro and IOXperts drivers on my Dad's Dual 533 G4. Tried two video chats and both worked perfectly. The Toucam Pro was always a great cam, if ugly, so I'm chuffed my Pa can put it to use now. It does eat alot of CPU cycles but then it is having to convert the USB video feed to a DV feed on the fly isn't it?

Works ok, but the picture is mirrored and when camera is on iChat uses 80% om my CPU which is a 1.5 ghz powerbook.

My new iSight didn't work on an old iMac, old iBook, and B&W G3 used my my sister's and mom, respectively (Apple restricts usage to 600Mhz+ G3+ systems). This program worked immediately and without any fuss. Beautiful.

I have a 15"FR iMac w/ all of the very latest upgrades. I have a QuickCam (USB). This ap freezes my iChatAV upon loading. I must either force quit it or unplug the webcam which then causes iChat to "unexpectantly quit". If I plug in the webcam after iChat has loaded, iChat doesn't recognize any cam connected. In short: Useless!! Even worse than useless after all of the hoops you must jump through after downloading and installing other software just to make this one work. Thank goodness they both come with un-installers!! I think I'll scrape up a few $$ and buy myself an iSight for Christmas and maintain the high quality of products on and in my Mac, rather than taking a PC-user-like route and duct taping cheap aps all over it, risking having a similar future of problems and troubleshooting a hard drive full of crapware, making $150 seem like a cheap investment.

The reason I as an iSight user would use this app is to do some color correction, focus control, and white point balancing. Unfortunately the demo doesn't allow you to access this part of the app. So what am I supposed to do? Pay before I try? I dont think so.

re: what are they waiting for.. man, i bought chatusbcam before i got my os x panther release. what a waste of money. bet they aren't able to release a proper version.... maybe the new quicktime doesn't allow those kind of hacks.. well, if ecamm would at least post ANY status on their website. but we're all sitting in the dark here. PLEASE SAY SOMETHING!

QuickTime 6.4 was released more than a month ago (10/16/2003), and Ecamm didn't make iChatUSBCam compatible with it. What are they waiting for???

iChatUSBCam is not compatible with QuickTime 6.4 yet: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/issues.html

SAME PROBLEM!!! All used to work beautifully...but I think it was after an Apple Upate...possibly when I went to 10.2.8 that this software began to NOT work! I have reinstalled everything, but I am thinking that this is something that may have been caused by APPLE somehow during a software update. Best Regards, -Asagai

I have just encountered the same exact problem. Just installed Panther and bought the quickcam zoom only to find that they are not compatable:(

I have jus installed The Panther 10.3 and Application Enhancer (Updated for Panther ver. 1.4.1) and Your iChatUSBCam ver. 1.0 2 - I am using iChat 2.0 (ver 145). My camera is a Logitech QuickCam Zoom, and it works with WideoPlayer, so the Camera is compatible with Panther. BUT NEVER THE LESS, THE CAMERA DOES NOT WORK WITH ICHAT, WHAT CAN I DO. Jan Dalsgaard - Aktiv Data, Denmark PS It is a problem, as I have written about Your program (3 pages) in my book about Panther, and now I have hundreds of customers ringing me asking for an explanation. Answer URGENTLY Please. Jan

This program rocks! I have been waiting since AV came out for a program that would allow me to use my existing USB cam. This is a MUST HAVE! Go Ecamm!

Great one!!! purchased it straight away. Works great with my cheap little web camera. Saved me a fortune buying a new camera to work with iChat AV. Well worth it!!!

Since there is no way for the developer to respond directly to you, it doesn't make any sense to post support related things like questions to MacUpdate. Please send any problem reports or questions to ichatsusbcam@ecamm.com instead of posting them here. You will most likely get a response within a few hours. If you post them here there is now way to get an answer to you.

will not install... i had the latest beta installed, but when i open installer i only get "21" in the main window?!?!?! why?

It works fine on my Quicksilver (OS X 10.2.6)with the Logitech QuickCam 3000. Thanks IOXperts--um, I mean Ecamm.

This is AWESOME. I am SO thrilled that this was made. I used this with my D-link C100 cam with the macam drivers, I did have to reboot to work, but once it was there it worked like a charm! I love the video quality in iChat and had no idea it would look this great. Beats the socks off of using Yahoo for video chat! A billion thanks to the Developer!

does one need to have broadband service for the video to work? I am on an eMac, 700 Mhz, G4. Using an Aiptek camera with Macam driver.

brilliant!! It works, and works well! I'm using a digital dream l'espion camera - which you can pick up for less than $60 or £40ukp. Good picture, everything peachy. :D I'm Impressed!!

Disables the sound input from my Philips ToUcam Pro Webcam, with the Macam driver, if used with iChat.

I was really dubious whether this would work as webcams are notoriously difficult to manage. and whoomp! there it is! pukka. it all "just works" like any mac should/does! thanks for making this, its going to make my mac that bit more exciting to use!

Works quite fine with my old philips USB Vesta and Macam as driver. Even if the video isn't very smooth, despite a 512 DSL connection, it's a great job, sorry Mister Jobs, I won"t bye your iSight :-)

I followed the instructions and it works just fine. The Video is not as fast as iSight and the picture quality will depend on the kind of USB-cam one uses. - iSight ? no thank you !

THIS WORKS! It makes my USB video camera recognized in iChat, but am not able to make video chat to my buddy, maybe still need faster internet connection. ATM on dail-up connection. At least I don't have to spend $$$'s for diff cam. doneagle