[cisco-voip] Cisco VT Advantage Camera and Skype Discovery

[Matthew Saskin]

for what it's worth, I'm using a standard logitech usb cam and it works 
perfectly with VTA.

-matt

Matt Slaga (US) wrote:
> The version 2.0 VT advantage cameras (or perhaps the 2.0 of VTA
> software?) did make a change and allow the camera to be seen by other
> products.  The previous ones were locked down to only the VTA app, I can
> say from experience.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Ryan Ratliff
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 11:51 AM
> To: Voll, Scott
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Cisco VT Advantage Camera and Skype Discovery
>
> I think it depends on the drivers your app uses and whether they  
> support the camera or not.  While it may be Logitech hardware the  
> Logitech drivers won't recognize the VTA camera as such.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Voll, Scott wrote:
>
> I think its visa versa.  You can't use any other camera with the VT
> Advantage software.  The camera is just a logic Tec camera with
> something extra to make it work with VTA.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Dane
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:39 AM
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [cisco-voip] Cisco VT Advantage Camera and Skype Discovery
>
> I have been told by many people and everything I have read has
> seemingly confirmed that the Cisco VT Advantage cameras can't be used
> by any software other then the Cisco software.
>
> It just so happens that for the first time I had my camera plugged in
> and launched skype, skype saw the camera and used it.  I was able to
> make skype voice / video calls with the Cisco VT camera.
>
> This may be old news for some, but it was an interesting discovery
> personally since for a couple of years now I have been told something
> on the cameras (firmware possibly) prevented them from being used by
> anything else.
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