[PLUG] Quickcam 3000/4000 support

[Evan Heidtmann]

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 20:20, Robert Kopp wrote:
> 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.

Those kernel maintainers need a clue bat. But maybe I should read their
side of the story first.

> (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 have his next-to-latest release of PWC and PWCX lying around
somewhere. It's a great driver and I'm sad to see it go.

Evan