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Can you make a Microsoft LifeCam Cinema work on a Mac?
Aug
7
2011
I just bought a macbook and I would like to use this webcam that I bought last summer on my new laptop.
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Answer #1
It doesn’t look like, and no real surprise that they do not make a Mac driver for your webcam. Most people still own Windows PCs and i think the only reason they make Microsoft Office for the Mac, is to keep corporate clients that have creative departments that use Macs.
I use that same webcam on Linux machines and have had no trouble using them via Cheese and other Linux webcam software.
I would try a demo version of Sparkbooth to see if you can use the webcam via it.
You also might try to use some FreeBsd or other BSD drivers and software to make it work: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2008-May/005173.html
Can it be done, probably! Will it be easy? Probably not.