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Escribano -> RE: webcam for lessons (Feb. 8 2004 15:14:17)
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I assume you have a broadband connection? I doubt that you will be get a close enough sync. between video and audio to be worthwhile.
The big problem is jitter. To keep pace with the transmission stream the receiving computer may throw away frames on a congested or noisy link; the Internet is notoriously unreliable for real-time data.
This means you will lose content. Not a problem for general messaging but significant when learning the guitar. Think of the satellite phone reports from Iraq last year.
What software would you be using for conferencing? Can you see demo of this anywhere, before buying? It will only really work without jitter with a QoS (Quality of Service) protocol like Resource ReServation Protocol (RSVP) and I think all routers between you and the other end have to support QoS.
If you still want to try, a decent USB webcam costs about £30 up. Can't make a recommendation.
I would suggest a separate mike into your sound card as the mikes included in these cameras are cheap with a narrow frequency range for speech, like a telephone.
Hope this helps.
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