From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-49739-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1GJSal-00018I-TR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:19:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k82AI9YQ015848; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:18:09 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (cirrus.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.92]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k82ADu8H000531 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:13:57 GMT Received: from orpheus (dsl-203-113-239-189.SA.netspace.net.au [203.113.239.189]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13F50170064 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:13:54 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Buying Webcameras From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <11b141710609011729y1667f4aemea5fcd191c6e3f11@mail.gmail.com> References: <11b141710609011729y1667f4aemea5fcd191c6e3f11@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:43:20 +0930 Message-Id: <1157192001.6179.8.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 742320c3-2f95-4c17-bdfd-b4b44bbdeae7 X-Archives-Hash: e755916f392652f6e387c506ea66303b On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 01:29 +0100, Paulo J. Matos wrote: > HI all, > > I'm searching for a laptop webcam and a desktop webcam which should > work under Gentoo and preferably work well under Ekiga with very good > quality. > [snip] > > I'd be quite happy to hear all the possible experience you could share > on this. Cameras, models, quality, applications, etc. I just got a Logitech Fusion working under gentoo with the linux-uvc ebuild (had to add a patch[1]), and luvcview. It gave me a /dev/video0 device, but tvtime couldn't view it properly (stuttered a lot). I didn't get the audio working, but I only spent a few minutes on it. The "face tracking" and pan and tilt the box claims are all done in software (that works on windows) so you won't have those features. The quality was a little flickery under the flouro's at work, but better outside. It also automatically adjusted the aperture (brightness). These websites[2],[3] lists some other logitech models and their compatibility. See if you can get a hold of one and run `lsusb` to find out it's ID, then you will have a better idea if it works or not. [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143201 [2] http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ [3] http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> Martin was probably ripping them off. That's some family, isn't it? Incest, prostitution, fanaticism, software. -- Charles Willeford, "Miami Blues" -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list