Webcam software reccomendation...?

[C Hamel]

On Monday 06 February 2006 03:44, Charles E "RIck" Taylor IV wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 16:48 +0100, Thomas Kaiser (ubuntu) wrote:
> > Take a look at http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
> >
> > The spca tools (Spcaview & Spcaserv & Spcacat
> > ) are very nice, too.
>
> If spcacat supported auto-brightness, I'd be really happy.
>
> As it is right now, I have an el-cheapo Quickcam (came in a box of 2
> identical cameras for $20 on clearance) that's supported by the spca5xx
> drivers.  spcacat takes a picture just fine, but it's usually way too
> bright, since my camera's near a window.
>
> As it is, I use spcaview to grab an avi file, then grab an image out of
> it (after about ten seconds of auto-brightness adjusting the image),
> then use that as the webcam image.  Not the most elegant solution, but
> it works.
>
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I tried my Creative NX cam and it was recognized & the drivers loaded.  
However, after d/l 'motion' & trying to use it I got a kernel panic on an 
already running system.  Nothing got logged of any import but it was an 
interrupt error of some sort.  The data was so lengthy that I didn't write it 
all down. Guess I'm going to wait awhile to do any more with it.
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 ...CH
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