Recommended for standard desktop users	Recommended for users with notebooks or laptops
Low distortion, ultra-wide field of view.	Recommended for very high quality board room applications where tilt, pan, and zoom are required.

Other Video Conferencing Cameras & Specialty Devices

Generally, Meeting Central™ can use any video source with a Windows DirectX/DirectShow device driver, v 9.0 or later. If you can “see” your video device with the Windows scanner and camera test wizard, Meeting Central™ can select the camera and you can use it during your next conference. You can even use multiple Windows video devices, alternating their use, during the conference.

Frequently we receive questions such as, “Can I use my videocamera?”, “What about medical video devices?”, “What about our existing conference room camera?” Most often, the answer is “yes.” Many of these devices output standard video (S-Video Out).

Standard video is easily input to a Windows PC using a USB converter or PC video capture card. These adapters (and DirectShow device drivers) convert S-Video to a format that the Windows operating system and e/pop software can use.

Video to USB Converter

There are many popular sources of video-to-USB adaptors, such as USB Gear and many more. Warning! For best results, be sure to select a USB 2.0 device. Also note that most USB converters have a maximum of 352 x 288 pixels (or 320x240) video capture quality limitation. For 640x480, 30 fps (full motion video), consider a PC video capture card.

PC Video Capture Card

There are many popular sources of video capture cards. A PCI bus adapter card, with Windows DirectShow device driver typically provides the best performance, least load on the CPU, and avoids the USB 1.0/2.0, and half/full-screen limitations of USB converters mentioned above. We suggest using the Osprey-210 Analog Capture Card or better with whatever video camera your company decides on using.