Re: modern (usb) webcam support?

[Andrew Boothman]

jacob rhoden wrote:

My searches for information on webcam have not found much, except for some
sites which say FreeBSD does not support USB web cameras.

Is anyone currently working on support for this? Does anyone have any
ideas about where one could go to get information about where to start
if one was to start writing a driver?

The graphics/vid port supports USB webcams based on the Omnivision OV511 and OV511+ chipsets.

This apparently includes :

Creative Labs WebCam 3 (*** see note about the OV511+ below ***)
D-Link DSB-C300
Puretek PT-6007
Alpha Vision Koala-Cam
Lifeview RoboCam
AverMedia InterCam Elite
MediaForte MV300
Trust SpaceCam 300 (*** see note about the OV511+ below ***)

Apparently support for the OV511+ chipset is still patchy with slightly unpredictable results.

I managed to pick up a puretek PT-6007 on eBay for almost nothing, and it works perfectly!

I don't know if you would refer to these cams as 'modern' however....

Andrew.


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