Webcams compatible with Slackware
Hey guys I am upgrading a few things this year with my tax return, mouse/keyboard, desk etc. I am wanting to buy a webcam to talk to my buddy in Korea and was wondering if you guys have any recommendations?
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I have an Hercules Dualpix Exchange (Guillemot) and it is detected by Slackware 12.2 automatically. It is also supported by kopete and ekiga (take into account the advice here: http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?p...bcam%20support , regarding udev and v4l rules). I have not investigated if there are other 3rd party drivers which may improve performance. I suppose Logitech webcams are also easily detected in Linux. |
try for a uvc compliant cam...such as most logitechs....as you only need uvcvideo module (with luck)
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My Logitech Quickcam Communicate Deluxe usb web camera works out of the box in Slackware 12.2.
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I've noticed that a lot of these webcams have built in microphones, do the microphones also work in slackware?
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Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 works great with Slack 12.2
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Hi, I bought a Logitech Quickcam E 3500 recently. It uses the uvc driver, and after loading the module both audio and video work flawlessly.
I recommend choosing a webcam from the supported uvc list: http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ AlienBob has packages for the kernel module: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/linux-uvc/ But I think recent kernels don't require an external package anymore. Please note that you can't go blindly on brand, for example some logitechs use a different driver or have a buggy hardware implementation. |
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You should probably research which software webcameras use then pick supported webcam.
AFAIK, they are all based around "Video4Linux", and use few separate "drivers". Following should be enough get started: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Webcam-HOWTO/ http://webcam.sourceforge.net/ http://www.linux.com/feature/118896 http://mxhaard.free.fr/index.html https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...ediaWebCameras |
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