Re: Webcam users with debian
Thanks for the good pointer
Dimitri
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:16:14 -0400
Brad Sawatzky <brad+debian@swatter.net> wrote:
> 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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