Ashley Clark wrote: > > I am thinking of installing a camera on my computer and I need to know a few > things. > > 1. What cameras work with linux (I know the Quickcam BW does, but what else?) In our lab we use frame capture cards based around the BT848 chip (hauppage wintv etc...).. which work very well.. they are adaquate for video capture and image processing, but some of the cheaper cards do not have the input filter and the image is a bit noisy. but then again what do you expect for 25 quid !!... oh yeah ... linux 2.2 kernel has built in drivers for the bt848 ;) Sz > 2. Where can I find the Quickcam's that work with Linux, I've heard that some > of the newer ones don't work at all with Linux... > 3. What about video capture using the video4linux subsystem? (Like SGIs do?) > > There's probably more that I want answered but that will be a start. > > Ashley > > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neill Newman Tel: Mobile 07970 673722 Department of Electronics Systems Engineering Work 01206 873708 University of Essex Fax: Work 01206 872900 http://wearables.essex.ac.uk/index.html email:
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