[NTLUG:Discuss] Suggestions for webcam

[Darin W. Smith]

Take a look here:
http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/

This is the driver that runs my Philips 646, which is a quite nice little 
cam.  It might support your webcam--I don't know for sure.  It supports a 
couple of the Creative Labs cams.  It really depends on what the guts of 
your cam are.

--D!

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:10:52 -0600, Dennis Daupert <ddaupert at csc.com> 
wrote:

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> Hi folks,
>
> Believe it or not, I've never tried to add a webcam. I pulled out
> an article by Marcel Gagne in LInux Journal, and read his main tip:
> Make sure you have at least a 2.4.something kernal, since most
> webcams coming out are USB. I have SuSE 8.1, so thought I'd be
> ok to go. I got a simple basic Creative Labs WebCam PC
> Camera -- and *then* after not having any luck making it go (tried
> using xawtv), decided to browse around the net for hardware
> compatibility info. Then I got confused. The SuSE site's hardware
> compatibility search engine is terrible, IMHO. You have to just about
> know the exact piece of hardware model and serial number to search on it.
> I won't go into all the gorey details.
>
> Anyways, does anyone have any suggestions on a nice, inexpensive
> webcam with good linux support? I don't need lots of resolution, bells
> and whistles, etc; I just want to use this as a security camera.
>
> Thanks in advance for info.
>
> /dennis
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