[PLUG] Linux & web cams?

[Fedor Pikus]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Larry Williams
<larryw at holbrookmasons.org>wrote:

> On 03/10/2011 12:25 PM, Mike Connors wrote:
> > Is anyone running a fairly current Linux kernel (2.6.26 or close) and
> using
> > a Logitech or Creative web cam?
>
> I use a Logitech Quickcam Communicate STX with Unbuntu 10.04, 2.6.32. It
> uses V4L1 and reports as a UVC camera on /dev/video0. I use it with
> Skype, WebCamStudio and Kopete, no special requirements or settings.
> Cheese doesn't record video well at all, but then it doesn't with my
> netbook's built-in camera.
>

Yeah, I never had any luck *recording* video from cheese, it usually records
some half-corrupted garbage.  I do use it to test the webcams by viewing the
video.


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