webcams

[Dotan Cohen]

> good topic.
> i never used a webcam on kubuntu yet, though i do have one. not a
> famous make or anything, a generic USB webcam.
> i plugged it only once, opened kopete, and noticed that kopete doesn't see it.
> nowadays i don't use kopete anymore, i use amsn and skype from
> medibuntu. do i need any driver? any package to get camera support? or
> it works out of the box? i have no idea. like we need "sane" for
> scanners, do we need anything for webcams?

Pretty much, this page sums it up:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

Also read:
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6463/1/

Any webcam with USB video class support will work in Linux, too, but
for some reason there aren't very many such cameras:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_video_device_class#Linux

-- 
Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il

א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه‍-و-ي
А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я
а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я
ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü