[PLUG] Quickcam 3000/4000 support

[Robert Kopp]

Until recently, a Dutch Web site provided hacks to get
Philips Webcams, notably the Quickcam 3000 and 4000,
to work with Linux. This included software and
documentation. The author just shut it down--not in
the sense of no longer supporting it, but by totally
removing this material.

(The real problem is a so-called "decompressor"
module. Some distros offer one of the needed modules,
with low resolution and frame rates. But the one that
puts it on steroids is closed-source, and many
applications won't work without it.)

I suppose those wishing to use a Web cam with Linux
will now need to use a different Web cam, or try to
find what they need some other way, which may not be
possible. What are some Web cams that work well with Linux?

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Robert "Tim" Kopp
http://analytic.tripod.com/