Hi Malte, On Tuesday 09 June 2009 16:07:28 Malte Gell wrote: > Hi there, > > just a hint for folks who may need it... The USB microphone of my > Philips SPC 620 NC never worked with Linux. I could never use the mic > with Skype. > > A few days agos, when I installed a dual boot system with Windows Vista > I noticed something interesting: after installing the Windows drivers > and using the cam/mic with Skype under Windows it suddenly started to > work under Linux as well! > > My guess is, the Windows driver loads necessary firmware into the camera > that makes the microphone work under Linux. > > So, if you have a (USB) webcam and its microphone does not work with > Linux I would suggest to use the cam under Windows with the Windows > driver it may help to make the cam work under Linux.
Thanks for the report. Have you installed a Philips-specific driver or did you use the stock Windows UVC driver ? Best regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
