HD Webcams compatible with Adobe Connect Meetings?

In my experience, no. I purchased the Logitech C910 which works great with WebEx & Tegrity but not Connect. It's not that the quality isn't good; the device doesn't even show up in the Settings window so I can chose it. Very frustrating. An Adobe rep told me that I should get any webcam as long as it's not HD, so I bought a Macally IceCam 2. Still no luck. Maybe someone here can tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Today, with Connect 7 or 7.5, the rate of camera support is artificially set at 10 frames per second. So, HD cameras work with this but they won't be any better than say the webcam built into your laptop.  Connect version 8 is due for release in Q4/2010 hopefully and it will allow for HD cameras.  You will have controls to support various camera options including IP based cameras.

I myself have one of the Logitech HD cameras and it has a native wide angle lens which works very well with Connect 7.5 and the picture is better because of it's wide angle view but it is not HD quality inside a Connect room.  Understand that even if you have HD support, the recording mechanism inside Connect to record the session would not support that format today.  All of that has to be updated including the Flash player needed for Connect 8.

Stay tuned.  Your camera will be supported going forward.

Absolutley.  We recently announced our HD pod for Connect Pro as part of our Podium platform.  We will have more details on the HD pod up on our website soon (and the other Adobe Connect forums and online resources) but lets just say that yes you can indeed have HD quality video inside your Connect meeting room. This solution has been a great benefit for several of our customer on our QuickConnect platform.  Take a look here to  see the quality of the video.  Just enter the Connect meeting room as a  guest and leave us a comment, question or any feedback in the chat  pod.

A few of the benefits:

HD Quality Video and Audio Broadcast: Out-of-the-box support for HD Quality video and audio broadcast over the internet using
the industry standard H.264 and On2 VP6 codecs.

Deliver High-Quality video to Adobe Connect: Leverage ConnectSolutions reliable, global video delivery network to reach anyone,
anywhere.

Single Video feed to multiple Adobe Connect meeting rooms: The Podium HD Pod allows customers to take a single video feed and
deliver to multiple Adobe Connect Meetings and Seminar rooms.

Multiple video streams into a single meeting: The Podium HD Pod allows customers to have video streams from around the world
without affecting the performance of your meeting.

Multi-Bit Rate Dynamic Streaming: Unique to the Podium HD Pod is the ability to simultaneously broadcast multiple video streams
(low bandwidth/medium bandwidth/high bandwidth) available to viewers. This ensures a smooth streaming experience for viewers
regardless of the speed of their internet connection or the device they are viewing the event on.

If you have more questions or want to get started using the HD pod contact us at connectsolutions.com or call us at 800-860-1351.

Tom Person

Evangelist & Technical Account Manager

connectsolutions