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Logitech Quickcam Express
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75% of reviewers $28.83 7.2



Description: Well its already in the description. A logitech Quickcam Express. looks ike a little circle but that doesnt help because most logitech ones do. Has a button to take stills on the top
Keywords: logitech quickcam express
Connection Type: USB


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Old 11-18-2003, 10:37 AM   #1
mep]-[isto
 
Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Slackware 9.1
Posts: 61
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $33.00 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.21-0.13mdk
Distribution: Mandrake 9.1



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Quite nicely compatible, in mandrake it was a plug n play affair, only thing i had to download was software to view the cam with (obviously!). I had actually downloaded and installed a third party driver only to find i didnt need to, but for those who dont seem to get support then http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ should have all the drivers and info you need to get up and running.

The reason i give it an 9 is im not currently sure where you retrieve the stills that were taken with the camera's button, i dont think it is possibly but to be honest it doesnt me in the slightest, but it is a slight flaw none the less.
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Old 12-07-2003, 12:45 PM   #2
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Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: Mandrake Slackware-current QNX4.25
Posts: 1,799
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $30.00 | Rating: 6

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.0-test11
Distribution: Mandrake 9.2


There is no Linux support from Logitech. It does work fine with 2.4.23 kernel. Does not work with 2.6.0, I have heard rumors that someone once got it to work, but that has not been confirmed yet.

Makes a nice paperweight :P
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Old 01-30-2004, 04:38 AM   #3
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Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: Mandrake Slackware-current QNX4.25
Posts: 1,799
Would you recommend the product? | Price you paid?: $30.00 | Rating: 0

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.1
Distribution: Mandrake 9.2


As of 12/30/2003 the qc-usb driver will work with 2.6 kernel.

Nice. Now I would rate it a 10 but I already rated it 6.
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Old 02-13-2004, 01:55 AM   #4
Guru3
 
Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: RedHat 9, Fedora Core 1
Posts: 360
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.22-1.2149.nptlcuston
Distribution: Fedora Core 1


I got this with something, or really, I just found it in my house. I had to recompile the kernel with V4L support, but once I did the qc-usb driver seems to work.
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Old 05-19-2004, 11:24 AM   #5
codifex
 
Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 3
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $30.00 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.25-gentoo-custom
Distribution: Gentoo


Only problems: locating the information on what modules to load and what programs to use to see camera output.

Module Size Used by Tainted: P
quickcam 108352 1
videodev 6464 2 [quickcam]

Camera
Speed: 12Mb/s (full)
USB Version: 1.00
Device Class: ff(vend.)
Device Subclass: ff
Device Protocol: ff
Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8
Number of Configurations: 1
Vendor Id: 046d
Product Id: 0840
Revision Number: 1.00

Vendor Id and Product Id were important in finding which modules to load. Loaded videodev and quickcam modules. Ran gqcam to see the output. Works great!
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Old 01-30-2005, 02:07 AM   #6
gt_swagger
 
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 37
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $20.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.10-1.741FC3smp
Distribution: Fedora Core 3


I have the OLDDDD one.. the circle in a triangle base... no still button or anything like that. It was CHEAP... like $20 when they made it. It works GREAT too. Worked flawlessly in:

- Mandrake 9.1
- Mandrake 9.2
- Mandrake 10.0 OE
- Mandrake 10.1 OE
- Debian Sarge
- Fedora Core 3
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Old 02-07-2006, 11:02 AM   #7
sm1else
 
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: At home: Ubuntu, Debian Sarge
Posts: 56
Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.12-9-386
Distribution: Ubuntu


Newer versions of this product do not work with the qc-usb driver and instead use the spca5xx driver.

It's quite a nice product and was easy to get working however I have a major gripe. The resolution does not go up to 640x480 like the box says. The maximum is in fact 352x288 and higher resolutions are acheived by interpolation performed by the supplied software. This is the reason for the low rating
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Old 07-10-2006, 01:11 PM   #8
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
 
Registered: Oct 2005
Distribution: Fedora Core 5,4,3 & Ubuntu 6.06
Posts: 397
Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5smp
Distribution: FC5-smp with XGL


i have spent over a year now trying to get this webcam to work under FC3, FC4 and FC5 but no luck. can anyone post something on this page on how to install it rather than just babble about how nicely it works !!
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Old 09-29-2006, 11:03 AM   #9
alaios
 
Registered: Jan 2003
Distribution: Open suse 10.2 zmd->trash
Posts: 1,737
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $30.00 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
Distribution: suse 10.1


found the driver here
http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
works fine with suse 10.0just unzip it install it and kopete will find web camera immediately
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Old 09-30-2006, 04:06 PM   #10
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Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: Mandrake Slackware-current QNX4.25
Posts: 1,799
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0

Kernel (uname -r):
Distribution:


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can anyone post something on this page on how to install it rather than just babble about how nicely it works !!
Start HERE and download the driver. Make sure you have your kernel sources installed properly. Untar the driver and go to driver directory:
tar xjvf qc-usb-0.6.4.tar.gz
cd qc-usb-0.6.4
Run the install script:
./quickcam.sh
You could also just run make then manually put the quickcam.ko in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc and run depmod -a.

Remember you need a kernel with USB support. Also your kernel should have V4L2 support (in multimedia devices) enabled.

You might need to load some modules to get things going:
modprobe ehci_hcd
modprobe videodev
modprobe quickcam
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Old 10-18-2006, 11:12 PM   #11
bullwinkle
 
Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: FC5
Posts: 46
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5smp
Distribution: Fedora Core 5


Works well!
The drivers are from the spca5xx thingie....
http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
have no problems at all with it......
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Old 08-05-2007, 08:00 PM   #12
chuck2
 
Registered: Apr 2003
Distribution: slackware 9.1
Posts: 34
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.20-16-generic
Distribution: ubuntu fiesty


lsusb
ID 046d:0840 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express

so the image kinda sucks, and you have to unplug/plug back in a lot
but, it works using the quickcam module under v4l (video4linux)

this cam does not have a microphone built in, not that i really care. the nice thing is that i picked up several of these really cheap on ebay, could be of great use for robotics projects and what not.
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