[gentoo-user] Buying Webcameras

[gentoo-user] Buying Webcameras

[Paulo J. Matos]

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.

I was thinking on Logitech cameras:  Quickcam for Notebooks Deluxe or
Pro and Quickcam Pro 5000 for desktop.

I'm not sure about creative webcams. Still, I've read many
contradictory stuff on the net about the support of the above logitech
cameras.

I'd be quite happy to hear all the possible experience you could share
on this. Cameras, models, quality, applications, etc.

Thanks a lot,

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Re: [gentoo-user] Buying Webcameras

[Iain Buchanan]

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,
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

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Incest, prostitution, fanaticism, software.
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[gentoo-user] Re: Buying Webcameras

[Paulo J. Matos]

Thanks a lot for the tips, I'll check those references! :-)

2006/9/2, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>:
> 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
>
>


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