[Nottingham] Linux webcam?

[Duncan Fyfe]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 22:36 +0100, Martin wrote:
> Martin wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> > Onto the "what webcam for Linux" question again...
> > 
> > Anyone with any recent recommendations?
> 
> OK, so I've been experimenting with a cheapie CMOS 640x480 webcam and...
> 
> Mmmm... It works but the sensor has rather a small dynamic range and
> suffers purple fringing on the image for very bright areas. Not quite
> got the microphone working even though it is detected. Pulseaudio is
> unhappy about there being no "Mic mixer control" for it...
> 
> 
> Without further ado:
> 
> OK, so any Linux compatible CCD webcams to be had?
> 
> Or are there any cheapie CMOS types that give a decent photo-quality image?
> 
> I don't care much about fps. Just one snapshot a second will do and just
> a decent image at 1024x768 or better! Possible?
> 

Do you have a digital camera ?  Some will also act as a video camera and
some of those allow you to stream the video down a USB cable to a
computer.

Erm... what are you wanting to use this for anyway ? Why the
(comparatively) high spatial resolution but low frequency ?

As an aside - if you are using firefox (iceweasel) then you will
probably want to set FIREFOX_DSP="aoss" in your firefoxrc too.
If firefox (or mozilla) with flash extensions is using OSS then you will
find random web sites nobble access to your sound card from other
applications.

Have fun,
Duncan