Re: Webcam users with debian
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Dimitri Chausson wrote:
> I want to use a Webcam with debian. Have been looking for documentation
> yesterday. I found the howto and some user reports very useful. However,
> going to the store, I noticed that there is a plenty of different models
> who are not reported to work and the report are about older models.
> Moreover, it is difficult to see which chipset is used by which Webcam. I
> am looking for a model having a 640x480 sensor and able to transfer at 30
> fr/s. Maybe some of you can report such models working correctly, I
> would greatly benefit from your experience,
I did some research around a year ago and found a few useful resources:
Non (at least then) mainstream-kernel drivers (both are supported by debian
though):
SPCA5xx <http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html>
OV511 page <http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html>
This list of what usb devices work (or not) with linux is an excellent
resource (although it's not always accurate):
<http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/>
One weird thing is that webcams don't always play well with USB hubs. If
your camera doesn't initialize correctly try plugging it into a USB _1_
hub, or bypass the hub completely and plug it right into the computer.
(FWIW, I ended up with a Creative WebCam NX Pro 2 -- works great with the
spca5xx driver.)
HTH, and good luck,
-- Brad
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