WebCam Cannon powershot A520

[Knapp]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello, I have a Cannon Powershot a520. I know in MS I can veiw what
>> the video camera seen like on the computer screen. I was trying to
>> find out how to do this with Ubuntu but having no luck at all. I have
>> found a few links to stuff but they are always 3 years old or dead.
>> Any ideas?
>
> gphoto2 is supposed to work on the a520, but I have not had any luck
> so far.  All I've been able to do is list the images on the camera -
> attempting to enable capture leads to an error message.  Still
> investigating...
>
> Chris

That was my result also. Be sure to do it with sudo, that helped sometimes.


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Douglas E Knapp

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