Re: PC Camera

James Velguth <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.luni.tech
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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:
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>>>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?
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