Daniel James wrote: > Hi Dave, > >> My Logitech QuickCam is now working under both 64 Studio and JAD, but >> it was not an especially pleasant experience to get it going. > > I've also found that webcams are not the easiest peripherals to make > work under GNU/Linux, and I'm not really sure why that should be.
Hi Daniel, Well, according to the research I've done so far, one problem is the v4l/v4l2 distinction, which seems to have created something of a split applications base. Another problem is what appears to be a case of overlapping drivers, at least for my camera. > >> The first and biggest problem is that there's no /dev/video nodes and >> they were not automatically created by udev or anything else. > > I'll open a ticket for that. Thanks, I think it will ease the pain for the next person. :) > >> I'm still trying to get Veejay, FreeJ, and Gephex to recognize the >> camera. FLxER knows it's there but I haven't figured out how to make >> it work in the program. I also want to see if I can send a live feed >> into Fluxus. > > You might like to get in touch with Peter Geirnaert > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who recently asked on the users list about > using a webcam as a MIDI controller, which sounds interesting... The programs I mentioned all have very interesting features. They are not dependent upon webcams, they just list them as supported input devices. Alas, as I wrote, I'm unable to get them working with the camera. They seem to work well otherwise. Oh, and 64 Studio is still the most rock-solid distro around. Thanks again for such fine work, it is most appreciated. Best, dp _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
