webcam help, please?

Emanon · 08-08-2003, 10:25 AM

hey. i'd like to get my webcam to work. it's a logitech quicam express.
i've googled around a bit about it but couldnt find anything helpful.
it's an USB-camera and frankly i have no idea how to get it to work. i run SuSE 8.1 and when i plug in the webcam it gets detected in /proc/bus/usb/device as a 'camera' but i don't know what to do after this.

i would be satisfied if i could get it to somehow take a snapshot once in a while and then just copy it to my public_html.

well, any suggestions? thanks in advance

acid_kewpie · 08-08-2003, 11:14 AM

well if it's got a camera then it'd sound like it's been detected and loaded... tried just using it in a tv viewer or something...?

xawtv -c /dev/video0

if you're after webcam software, i like http://motion.sf.net

also.. try this little article
http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux.../103030720.asp

Emanon · 08-08-2003, 11:37 AM

thanks. i did as that article said with modprobe and stuff, and then i tried both xawtv and motion but none of the found the device

log from motion:

Unkown config option: "ffmpeg_cap_new"
Unkown config option: "ffmpeg_timelaps"
config_thread
1
thread0 device: /dev/video0 input: 2
thread1 device: /dev/video0 input: 1
thread pid: 25119
waiting for threads to finish, pid: 25117
failed to open video device: No such device

deepsix · 08-28-2003, 08:46 AM

install the kernel modules from here then runn it with xawtv.... http://sourceforge.net/projects/qce-ga

deepsix · 08-28-2003, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
well if it's got a camera then it'd sound like it's been detected and loaded... tried just using it in a tv viewer or something...?

xawtv -c /dev/video0

if you're after webcam software, i like http://motion.sf.net

also.. try this little article
http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux.../103030720.asp

do you know of any other type of programs like motion?.....
I tried motion out and It works to the point that it detects motion but it doesnt capture photographs or mpeg for me.......using quickcam express

btw.......I found problably the best webcam software for linux yet......
its called camorama.....it doesnt have alot of options yet but is very stable and looks great........... http://camorama.fixedgear.org