[Gllug] adsl/web cams

[Rich Walker]

Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:44:07PM +0100, t.clarke wrote:

[snip]

> > Has anyone any experience of using webcams with linux and can offer advice on
> > how to set up ??
> 
> I've used USB cams before. The trick is to make sure that the chipset
> is compatible with Linux before purchasing. I got two very cheap
> webcams and they both worked (CPIA-based and OV511-based). However
> I've never been able to make them work at the same time on the same
> machine.

If you want to put more than one camera in a machine,


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| USE FIREWIRE
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Plus, you will have more luck running long Firewire cables, ISTR.

Then you just ssh -X in, and run coriander. 


cheers, Rich.

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