Webcam Compatibility (was Re: Logitech 9000 webcam)

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Wed Mar 24 15:44:53 UTC 2010


On 03/24/2010 08:12 AM, Graham Todd wrote:
...
> As reported before, I have a Trust webcam that was given to me.  The
> model has now been determined as the WB-1400T (or, for our friends in
> the USA, its marketed as the WB-1400T US).
> 
> This is *NOT* a UVC (USB Video Class) compatible webcam.  
> 
> When connected, if you turn on guvcview you get an error message to the
> effect that guvcview couldn't find a UVC compatible device.  Under
> cheese, the display is out of focus (even with adjustments to the
> focusing dial), dark and green-looking.
> 
> Using xawtv doesn't work either, so I guess it is not compatible with
> the Video4Linux protocol, either Versions 1 or 2, so its best *not* to
> presume you can get it working under Linux.
> 
> It works fine with WinXP so I think we can say its a Windows-only
> device and it wont work under Linux.
...

Perhaps these will be of help:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCamerasTrust>
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustWebcamWB-1400T
http://moinejf.free.fr/webcam.html
[pac207	093a:2468	Webcam WB-1400T	pac207 	OK ]
<http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&source=hp&q=ubuntu+%2BWB-1400T&btnG=Google+Search>





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