shirish wrote: > Reply in-line :- > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 21:42, Rony <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> > > >> it properly, find out if the cam has the same chipset and if so, follow >> the installation instructions. Please read the entire doc and its links >> before doing anything else. >> >> https://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/testing-microdia-driver-draft >> > > Hi all, > Rony its a pretty interesting and useful document. Do you or anybody know > :- > > a. Which is most used chipset in the cheap webcams we have in > the market > > For e.g. > > http://computers.shop.ebay.in/items/Web-Cams__W0QQ_catrefZ1QQ_sacatZ118391# > > Although the best would be to know which are good, cheap > and functional (or can be made functional with some minimal stuff on > GNU/Linux) . > > While the OP can't get it working, I'm looking for one which works on the > same. > > > At a client's residence, I tried out the Intex Laptop clip-on camera, the one with 3 LEDs on each side. The OS was Ubuntu 8.04(?) and I had to simply download a webcam viewer software to view the cam. It was detected automatically. However, if you got a laptop, the best thing is to pre-load a webcam software for your desktop (kde or gnome) and try out the cam in the shop itself.
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