As with other types of webcams by Philips in the ToUcam series, for compressed operation mode (supporting higher framerates a/o) you need pwcx available from Here
This newer version of de ToUcam also has a CCD and sports still images up to 1280x1024 pixels full colour.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.7
Distribution:
Debian
Hello
I've just bought this webcam also (i've already got the Toucam Fun II PCVC830K ) and this is a great one, the picture is clear and nice .
Still wonder how to make the integrated microphone work (detected by usb audio and kernel at plug).
The box said : 60fps, i never success to get this so high, :
setpwc -d /dev/video1 -f30 is ok.
but
setpwc -d /dev/video1 -f60
Error while doing ioctl VIDIOCSWIN: Invalid argument
So...hoax from philips or something not implemented yet in the pwc+pwcx ?
Great and surprising point !!!! : on my other cam the pcvc830K (toucam FunII) and, as i've red it on the pwc maintainer web site, on many philips webcam the image appears mirrored. Not on the one i've just bought, the image is on the right side, not mirror !!! ;)
Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0
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Distribution:
Well... the maintainer of this driver has recently halted the support for Philips webcams:
http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
Unfortunate enough... but you can still patch the driver yourself against the kernel source, then compile. (Disclaimer: I did not do this myself. Please don't ask me how or whatever things related to this driver.) But, until this conflict is solved--if ever--it's not going to be useful under Linux in the far future.
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