Thanks for your response. I don't have enough info to take any action. Let me give a little more detail.
The GV-800 is a video capture card form GeoVision. It comes with a multi-functional program which contains a webcam server. The server works fine with Internet Explorer but not with Safari or FireFox. Safari and FireFox are both available on the Apple/Mac.
The GV-800 software does require and ActiveX download when accesing from a PC. I agree that I may have an ActiveX issue.
The GeoVision is widely used and someone must have wanted to WebCam to an Apple. FireFox is widely used and someone must have wanted an ActiveX simulated interface.
Thanks