[plug] Linux webcam / camera

[Denis Brown]

At 09:42 26/11/2003 +0800, Ben wrote:
>I've dug through the archives on previous topics related to cameras and 
>Linux and haven't found anything specific.
>
>I'm interested in finding a web cam style camera that can take frames at 
>set intervals (half a second intervals would be good) to connect up to a 
>Linux box.
>
>Just some sort of a "dumb camera" that plugs into USB or serial or 
>something and interfaces with Linux to save images, not one of those 
>cameras that takes photos and uploads them via FTP or something similar, 
>those type of things are more than I'd want to pay.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions for a camera that will work with Linux to do 
>something along these lines?

Hello, Ben.

You should be able to find stuff there from Scott Middleton, Trevor Philips 
and myself - at least - regards this.   Probably one, two months ago.   I 
raised it in the context of a burglar system and Scott, Trevor and others 
had helpful comments and demonstrations including some captured example 
video and even live webcam stuff.   Very impressive.

Scott (?) suggested a cheapy webcam being sold by the Extreme Computing 
people - $49 buys a USB webcam with video out IIRC, but software only 
supplied for Windows.   If that is the one Scott used, then he got it 
working with Linux so that would be a good place to start.   When funds 
permit (yes, I know, only $50 but there are two youngsters mouths to feed, 
...) I intend to get one and try it out.

Hope this helps,
Denis




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