Mac OS X driver

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

I have no problem using Windows to do the 'hacking' and 'unlocking' type stuff.

But I prefer to use the cam on Mac. Is there any drivers I can use to pull video off on a Mac once I unlock the cam on a Windows PC.

Also, it would be 'nice' if someone would port the Ops tool and PV2tool to Mac. Pretty please Very Happy

Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 1

Im running Mac OS X as well and downloaded SaturnDownload, im trying to compile the source be cant get it linked to the libusb library correctly (compiling from command line). Can anyone give me tips on how to do this?

Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Dayton, Ohio

I work with a bunch of Mac users who are interested in this hack, but as is obvious they all have Macs. Anybody have any idea about the possiblity of getting this to work on the Mac? Is anybody even working on it?

Thank,
Epic

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

If I get time later, I may try to compile the command line version of this. If that works, and I have MORE time, I may write an applescipt application around it to make it gui-fied.

But those are 'if's.

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

So far it won't compile, it's complaining about a lack of 'usb.h" and 'windows.h"

I'm looking into it.

Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 435

you can comment out the windows.h include. thats only in there to make my compiler shut up, i don't even need it, heh.
and make sure you have the mac version of libusb installed, thats where the usb.h is from

Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 204 Location: Rocky Mountains

My mac was the first computer to unlock the camera, so don't worry - the hack is definitely mac friendly. I'll get around to releasing code soon - it now unlocks, but I haven't done the download yet.

Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 345 Location: Crofton, Maryland

Thank You morcheeba,
Just a general Thank You for your Herculian efforts.
Thanks Again,
RayM

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

I have a nice Mac OS X port of Corscaria's downloader. I even have a simple gui for it.

Problem is I have no hosting right now.

Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 2

cmstar wrote:

I have a nice Mac OS X port of Corscaria's downloader. I even have a simple gui for it.

Problem is I have no hosting right now.

I will host. Email to pockyrevolution @ yahoo.com

Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 435

cmstar's port of SaturnDownload

http://members.cox.net/~ivier/SaturnDownloadOSXLatest.zip

http://members.cox.net/~ivier/SatDl_MacOSXsrc.zip

http://members.cox.net/~ivier/LICENSE.txt

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

Corscaria -

Thanks for hosting. The next release will include source, license, and be more cleaned up.

All -

For those wanting to use this port. It has only been tested on 10.4.2. And it requires that you have libusb installed. I used the latest build 1.10a.

I will look into bundling a binary version of libusb and making a proper installer. But at least us Mac folk have something now. Very Happy

Its my first port. I'm so proud Laughing

Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 52

app fails to run under osx 10.3.9

yes, libusb is installed in the default location.

double click on the app and nothing happens

[update -- copies of the libusb build are now in /usr/local/lib (the default location) and in /opt/local/lib. still doesn't work]

Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 2

Looks like you're referencing something that you shouldn't, considering I don't have it! here's what I yanked from the Console:

ZeroLink: could not load .o file: /Users/cstargel/SaturnDownload/build/SaturnDownload.build/SaturnDownload.build/Objects-normal/ppc/main.ob

Hope this helps...

Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 52

cmstar, can we get some source to build under 10.3.9? please?

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

wai-

I didn't think anyone would be interested in my app now that Morcheeba has released his.

But yes, I will zip up the source files and license and send to Corscaria for hosting later today.

Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 52

morcheeba's app does not empty the camera and overwrites existing files. SaturnDownload is actually further along but the build out there apparently only works on Tiger and I still have Panther.

Although I hesitate to make suggestions for other people's work, I'm personally hanging on the results of morcheeba's mighty intellect applied to getting real control of this animal through his code perusal and would think others might work on buffing the receptacle (i.e., the app) that would house the result of his labors.

In particular, porting OPS to the mac or otherwise converging on that level of interaction would be fabulous but also looking at my audio repair howto and figuring out how to automate that process using the libraries directly would be really sweet. The potential is there to literally reproduce the CVS functionality (camera -> DVD image with one click) with all the heavy lifting already done by the libraries.

I don't have the specific expertise in driver level code or mac gui building to do this any time soon though.

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

wai-

My port of SaturnDownload is very crude. However, I will gladly put up the source. I'll also look into recompiling it to work on Panther.

I have been looking over the source code to Morcheeba's app and may incorporate it into SaturnDownload, or may start a new project from scratch.

As for the ease of use of a Mac and reproducing the CVS > DVD functionality. I too have thought about that and experimented with importing the AVI files into iMovie, etc.

I believe the problem here is that the movie will need to be converted to another format. But I've only toyed with this idea.

As I've said in other posts, I've recently moved and have no net connection at home and my place is a mess, so I'm only working on this in my spare time at work. But I'll keep plugging away at it and will try to see if I can figure out some way to send the video's directly to either iMovie or iDVD.

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

I have put together a little source archive (it isn't pretty) and sent it to Corscaria for hosting.

Sorry for the double post.

If you get it to compile on 10.3.9, let me know and I'll try to incorporate any changes.

Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 52

cmstar, look at the HOWTO I posted last night. ffmpeg (via ffmpegX) will do the necessary conversion that fixes the audio and makes the clips directly importable into iMovie.

Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 9

I downloaded this program. No libusb or anything else and was able to download all the videos just fine.

http://www.maushammer.com/systems/cvscamcorder/CVS%20Camcorder%20Reader%200.0.1.zip

Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 204 Location: Rocky Mountains

cmstar - iMovie and changing the format will be great add-ons! I'm happy dead-ending my converter once I get it "good enough", but I wasn't planning on going that far. Hopefully it helps you out with your version.

Last night I started exploring directories so I can get date, time, and size (bytes). The file directory entries are not the standard FAT format, but they don't have the file size in minutes. Anyway, hopefully I'll roll that into the reader soon.

Macherb - cool. thanks for the feedback.

Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Schenectady, NY

Anyone compile for OSX ver 10.3.9 yet?
I see the source code is there - but am not savvy enough
to compile.

thanks for the help!

Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 60

I have added in the 'format' function to Morcheeba's Mac app. He will be hosting the file shortly. Very Happy

I will be spending the majority of my free time working on his code base for the gui app.

However, as new functions are discovered and included in SaturnDownload by Corscaria, I'll try to port them to the Mac as well.

Joined: 20 Sep 2008 Posts: 7 Location: California

Hi, I know I new to the whole CVS video Camera hack, but I'm not a complete retard. I just like hacking stuff as a hobby lately. recently I fixed my own Xbox 360 from the red ring of death by teaching myself through the internet and popping it open and modding it a little.

Now that I did that I want to hack the CVS video Camera. So far I've made a working cable, but I just need some help with the software side of things.

Please help me. Thanks!

Sincerely,
Rebelord