[Nottingham] Linux webcam?

[Tim Dobson]

Martin wrote:
> Onto the "what webcam for Linux" question again...
> 
> Anyone with any recent recommendations?

My webcam is rubbish on most of those counts, though at the time I 
bought it, it won on the "cheap" one!

I documented the process for getting it to work with GNU/Linux. It's a 
generic webcam and so the most difficult thing was finding out what 
model it was.
> Linux compatible (!)
> Low cpu overhead
> 1.2 Mpixel or better and clear image & good contrast
> low light
> microphone (good enough for 'Skype' or whatever)
> cheap :-)

It's unlikely to be very helpful, but reading about how i sorted my 
webcam out may be interesting
http://www.blog.tdobson.net/node/170

Tim

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