Re: PC Camera

Robert Doner <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:12:56 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.org.user-groups.luni.tech
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hi,
  Did you check out video for Linux(V4L)? It's a good source for drivers and other info.

> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:59:51 -0600
> Subject: Re: [LUNI] PC Camera
> 
> On Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:30:12 pm James Velguth wrote:
> > Hi,
> >     I have a small PC camera.  I think its really a cheepie but can
> > anybody recommend any packages to operate it under Linux.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Jim
> My Creative webcam works with Kopete and just about another app without any 
> fuss.  You can use the command line to record things really quickly with;
> cat /dev/video >> temp.mpg
> then play the file with mplayer.  If you have no /dev/video then your system is 
> not detecting the camera or can not load a driver for it.
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