Comments on: hackaday announcement

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:31:13 +0000

jamima69 shut the hell up! I’d love to freakin’ see you blog. “Well today I’ve just discovered a new search engine called google.com. Its sooo cool.” If you don’t like the site, do freakin’ go on it. GO AWAY! We (hopefully most people on here agree) don’t want you here you’re never polite and your always bitching. If you want the camcorder hack so bad, go do it yourself. l4mer. oh by the way google “1337″ because in #20, “t3h 1n73rn3t” that 1337 for “teh internet.” So shut up and learn something and quit acting like such a freakin’ n00b. dammit you get me so mad.

By: jamima69

jamima69 — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:11:12 +0000

it’s a shame vince isn’t gay-iv’e never seen so many guys have a circle jerk at the same time. seems like a wasted effort. all you folks busy sucking penis should try getting someone like a girlfriend to reassure,instead of web site operators you’ve never met.

By: josh

josh — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:47:02 +0000

Personally, I’m interested in the camera hack because I could then buy 10 of them for $250, and video the same event (for example, a band’s show at a rock club) from 10 different angles at the same time instead of having to do multiple takes/setups… True, the quality might not be broadcast, but if it’s for a web video or something to be included as rich content on a cd, I’m sure the quality would be fine.

I haven’t seen any other cameras which would allow me to do that at such a low price… the lowest price camcorder I see on overstock is $130.

Anyway, the site is awesome, so I personally don’t care if this particular article is done yet… just pointing out WHY people are clamoring for it.

By: Daniel of texas

Daniel of texas — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:51:11 +0000

If some of you are so concerned over getting a camera you can download video from for less than $20, then just buy one of the nifty little bastards from Overstock. Honestly.

No one likes a whiner.

By: tokyofist

tokyofist — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:56:20 +0000

i hope everyone flipping chokes on that camcorder hack.. the net can wait a month or so for your amateur pr0n anyway..

vince and everybody..keep up the good work..

By: josh

josh — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:35:48 +0000

The reason everyone is asking about the CVS hack over and over is because last week, it was posted on hackaday that the CVS camera how-to would be posted here tuesday… If that statement had never been made, then people wouldn’t be asking…

By: invisisam

invisisam — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:32:45 +0000

#37? Ugh, it’s too early. I meant #34.

By: invisisam

invisisam — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:29:36 +0000

Check out the two sites mentioned by ladyada up in #37 for progress and details of the project so far. Basically, Vince’s summary is where the project is at though. You can get it connected via usb, but there is no way to get data off the device yet. No one has even been able to get any sort of video/audio outs going either. Last I read, people were starting to look into tapping into the video signal going to the LCD.

By: ray

ray — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:42:28 +0000

considering what has yet to be done with the cvs cam, instead of letting the big release get pushed back, why not publish what *has* been done? letting people know how the hardware is setup, maybe provide some sample i/o from the usb connection, etc., could help to get people on board and helping out with the project as it progresses.

rather than just letting everyone whine about when it will be finished.

By: joshua holbrook

joshua holbrook — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:40:08 +0000

Wow. You guys are amazing! Seriously, that’s awesome just getting that far.

We don’t have those stores in Alaska, so I’ve never seen either of these products. :(

By: kolwon

kolwon — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:34:10 +0000

the still camera hack is an absolutely GREAT hack. its great that they are still working on it. sure videos are nice, but you cant easily stick some cd/dvd’s in a photo album can you?

By: alex

alex — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:31:09 +0000

its a conspiracy.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:39:14 +0000

Why are my links to the CVS camera hack being deleted??????

By: tired

tired — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:26:06 +0000

thats the still camera, dont waste your time (unless you have not seen that by now)

By: teslafreak

teslafreak — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:02:28 +0000

working on the otu digital camera took a lot more than just figuring out the usb pinouts on the circut board
it took finding products with similar chipsets
finding drivers and modifying them
also it took removing the flash memory from the circut board just to get a peek into the firmware and unlock it
claming a 90%hack when all you have is a
three finger salute and no usb protocall
is jumping the gun a bit
when you are able to download the firmware
and start analyzing it with a dissambler
you might have a 50%hack
unlocking and downloading the video in whatever format it may be in and reseting the camera
might be a 70% hack
we are at the stage with the still camera
of downloading decoding resetting the picture counter changing the amount of pictures taken
permenatly unlocking the camera
and still working on several other hacks
like live preview, sd card mods, flash control mods. infered mods black/white mods (for higher resloution) and still dont think that we are at the 90% mark we still are trying to decode the firmware with instruction sets we are about 30%
into it