Digital camera as Webcam

[Gilles Gravier]

Typically, Ekiga, the voice over IP / video conference application will 
also help you detect if your camera is useable in Linux.

Most often, what happens is that your camera needs to be visible in 
either Video 4 Linux (V4L) or Video 4 Linux 2 (V4L2)...

In recent distros, modern webcams supporting the USB-VC (USB Video 
Class) interface are supported by default. This thanks to the work of 
the likes of Sun 
(http://opensolaris.org/os/community/device_drivers/projects/usb/uvc/), 
Logitech (http://www.quickcamteam.net/) and of course the authors of V4L2.

Other webcams, well it depends on the chipset on board. Webcams with 
Philips chipsets (including Logitech webcams) will work. Cams with 
proprietary chipsets (including very old Logitech webcams) likely won't, 
in most cases.

Gille.

Karl Larsen wrote:
> H.S.Rai wrote:
>   
>> Is there any chance to use digital camera (I have Sony Cybershot
>> DSC-S700) as webcam.
>>
>> I find http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-set-linux-webcam-digital-camera.html
>> giving some information. It suggest using xawtv and camorama.
>>
>> xawtv give: can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
>>
>> Similar error of unable to find video device is given by camorama.
>>
>> Will connection through USB cable will work? Where to find driver, if required.
>>
>> --
>> H.S.Rai
>> http://hs.raiandrai.com/
>>
>>   
>>     
> Hello. I just ran a test. On my windows Skype, in my laptop, I have a 
> old Logitek camera and mike that has a USB plug. It works fine in 
> windows but not it appears in Ubuntu. The Linux Skype to this moment 
> would do nothing with a call that had video  with it. But this morning 
> when I called myself on Linux the Skype asked if I want a video contact! 
> I clicked yes and there was my video camera image from the laptop in a 
> window on my Linux!
>
> So it occurs to me that we really do not have a good way to test if a 
> Digital Camera is plugged into Linux how do we know it is working? I 
> can't tell even on Windows. We need another application to test the 
> camera in Ubuntu.
>
> But for sure the Ubuntu Skype is ready to accept and display video from 
> other users. This is new. We are getting better :-)
>
>
> Karl
>
>
>   

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