Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0
2008/8/12 Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>:
> Running m-a a-i qc-usb might have been easy, but it does not result in an
> application that I can run.
>
> I still do not have an application that runs on Debian 4.0, that will allow
> me to record video with sound, from the Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX.
>
> So, I booted the laptop into Windows XP, and installed the software that
> came with the webcam, and got that running, but the video files that that
> creates, are only in the .wmv file format, and the only application that I
> have on Debian 4.0, that can read .wmv files, is xine, and, whilst that
> plays the sound, it does things to the video component, that are like what I
> imagine an acid trip to be like; kind of like a "Lucy in the sky with
> diamonds" kind of thing.
>
> If I cannot run the webcam with Debian 4.0, to record videoclips, does a
> converter exist for Debian 4.0, that can convert .wmv files into .mpeg
> files, so that the files cam be platform independent?
>
> Apart from the desire to be able to use the webcam to make video files (and,
> video calls) on Linux, I have a relative who uses a Mac, and I don't know
> that .wmv files can be viewed on a Mac.
>
The reason that Logitech does not support Linux is because traditional
Linux users were too hardcore to write to the hardware companies and
simply ask for it. They preferred to stay up at night with a hex
editor and write their own drivers.
Now that Linux is in use by the masses we can start asking the
hardware manufacturers to support our OS. Here is the address to write
to Logitech:
http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php
Let them know that you use Debian and that you want to continue
enjoying Logitech's quality hardware instead of going with a different
webcam manufacturer.
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