It really depends which quickcam you got.. I have Logitech Quickcam 4000 - and it's one of the best, and fully supported under Linux (although the face tracking feature is not supported).
If you want more then 640x480 resolution with good frame rate, it will cost you - a lot more. Go search for USB 2.0 cams and you'll find that 90% of them are actually working with USB 1.1 bandwidth limitation and up to 640x480 and up to 30 FPS (I say up to, because most of them will give you 640x480 with 15FPS max before they start pulling some dirty tricks and heavy compression, which seriously degrates the video quality). The sad truth is that webcam manufacturers follow the software companies like Microsoft with MSN Messenger, Yahoo (Yahoo Messenger), and AOL (ICQ, AIM) - and none of them really gives you resolution selection with their Instant Messaging services so all of them are pretty much stuck with 320x240 (or 352x288) resolution. No demand - no new features. It's pretty much stuck at this situation for 2 years now if I recall correctly. Thanks, Hetz On 10/25/05, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a webcam with good(tm) resolution that I'll > be able to utilize with Linux. I currently have a Quickcam which > has a pretty crappy image quality. I think I want something > with a higher resolution, better color and light handling, good > auto-focus. > > I looked in video4linux2 site (http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Webcams) > but it's hard to tell from all the specs there what, in the bottom line, > is a recommanded camera (especially that seller sites usually don't > bother to specify the cheaps used in the camera). > > My plan is to use it together with the Mercury (http://www.mercury.to/) > program on Debian so the other side of the conversation can see me > while we talk over Skype. > The other side uses Windows XP and is VERY un-technical, so I need > a solution which is simple to use (and hopefully to setup). If you think > there is a better solution to transfer video (preferably both ways) but > no audio (because Skype most probably does this part better) between > Linux and Windows then I'm all ears. > > I can openup holes and port-forward my side of the connection from the > ADSL modem/router to my linux machine. > > I can buy a camera from abroad if it's much better and not available in > Israel. > > Thanks, > > --Amos > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
