On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Dimitri Chausson wrote: > I want to use a Webcam with debian. Have been looking for documentation > yesterday. I found the howto and some user reports very useful. However, > going to the store, I noticed that there is a plenty of different models > who are not reported to work and the report are about older models. > Moreover, it is difficult to see which chipset is used by which Webcam. I > am looking for a model having a 640x480 sensor and able to transfer at 30 > fr/s. Maybe some of you can report such models working correctly, I > would greatly benefit from your experience,
I did some research around a year ago and found a few useful resources: Non (at least then) mainstream-kernel drivers (both are supported by debian though): SPCA5xx <http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html> OV511 page <http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html> This list of what usb devices work (or not) with linux is an excellent resource (although it's not always accurate): <http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/> One weird thing is that webcams don't always play well with USB hubs. If your camera doesn't initialize correctly try plugging it into a USB _1_ hub, or bypass the hub completely and plug it right into the computer. (FWIW, I ended up with a Creative WebCam NX Pro 2 -- works great with the spca5xx driver.) HTH, and good luck, -- Brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
