[plug] WebCams & Linux...

[Trevor Phillips]

Mike Roberts wrote:
> 
> I picked up a Phillips Vesta a couple of months ago and it was one of the
> easiest peices of hardware I have ever got running.

Cool!

> I just patched the kernel with the Phillips USB drivers, recompiled the
> kernel, loaded the modules and away it went. The drivers so far have been
> keeping up to date with the kernel tree (lag of less than a week), so even
> when there is a new kernel version you can keep the cam going.

Actually, the latest driver apparently has a binary core, and a source module,
so you can compile it for your custom kernel. ^_^

> I highly recommend it.

Ok! And the picture quality from the Vesta Pro is decent?

Thanks for the feedback!

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