Re: PC Camera
James Velguth <[email protected]>
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I have not tried anything yet. I am still getting ideas. I won't be able to do anything until next week. If I like the camera and this one is too cheep I may spend good money for a good one. Thank you to all who responded. Jim erik hanson wrote: >Have you tried cheese? >Sudo apt-get cheese > >Ubuntu should detect any newish cam at plugin. >------Original Message------ >From: James Velguth >Sender: [email protected] >To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion >ReplyTo: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois \(Chicago\) - TechnicalDiscussion >Subject: Re: [LUNI] PC Camera >Sent: Nov 25, 2010 10:29 AM > >Craig, > Its called "Smart Webcam" and cost $4 at Menards (I did say it was a >cheepie). It has a nice big clip to clip it to the top of your laptop >or set it on the table but that requires turning it over. It connects >via USB. Here are some other particulars from the package: Video >800x600 pixels up to 15 frame/sec(VGA); Frame Rate: 320x240 up to 30 >frame/sec(CIF). >Oh! I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. >The >Jim > >Craig Van Tassle wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:30:12 -0600 >>James Velguth <[email protected]> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Well a bit more is needed to know what to do about it. What linux >>distrbution are you using? What is the camera make and model. How does >>it connect to your computer? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni