[plug] Linux webcams

[Tim White]

I purchased a Logitech C200, and it works great. It uses the uvc driver 
I believe, which actually supports a heck of a lot more cameras than I 
realised.
Anyone looking for Linux compatible webcams, take a look at 
http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/
Also, the other webcam I tried (borrowed) used a different drive and 
required some funky LD_PRELOAD to get it working in skype. The logitech 
(and uvc driver) didn't require any of that, it just worked. But 
pulseaudio was a pain, so I killed the pulse audio server, forced it to 
not autoload, and use just pure ALSA, that way I can select the USB mic 
(part of the camera) as the audio input. You /can/ do this with pulse, 
but not via Skype. All in all, killing pulseaudio actually solved other 
sound issues I've been having, so 2 birds with one stone.

Tim

On 07/17/10 13:50, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Check out the logitech cameras. DSE have their catalogue online - just look
> at the webcam support for those particular models.
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> Adrian
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> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010, Tim wrote:
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>> I'm looking for a cheapish webcam that just works with Linux, preferably one
>> that is easy to get in dicksmiths or another common shop.
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>> Thanks
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>> Tim
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