Subject to the computer hardware you have, it should be pretty easy. A
specification page for your camera,
<http://www.canon.com.au/products/cameras/cameras_video/mv530i_specs.html>
Indicates the camera has firewire in/out, so you'll need a computer
with a firewire/1394 port (although the camera also has a USB port, so
there may be a way that webcam software can grab images through that
interface as well).
You haven't said what sort of computer you have. If it's a PC, I'm
sure it is possible, but it might be beyond the scope of a $2
question. If it is a Mac (and is new enough to have a firewire port)
then the answer is pretty easy. For both MacOS 9 and MacOS X support
for firewire DV cameras is built in to the operating system, meaning
you just need to find a webcam application that looks like it does
what you want. A list of available applications and their download
links is at:
<http://www.eskimo.com/~pristine/webcam.html>
Some of these look extremely straightforward, eg see set-up
instructions for Oculus 3.0:
<http://www.intlweb.com/Oculus3.0/>
You'll also need a permanent connection to the internet if you wish to
serve the images from the computer that captures them, otherwise
you'll need some webspace somewhere for the webcam software to upload
them to. |
