On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 21:25 +1100, Elliott-Brennan wrote: > Apologies for the delay in saying thanks James. > > Dean has mentioned that I should look at a capture card instead. I think > I'm definitely going to need some help in the coming months! :)
If you choose the right one, a capture card is a snap to setup. You'll
need an extra camera though, which is a bit of a pain.
I just remembered though that my previous place of employment bought a
few of the Creative webcams. I don't remember which particular models,
but they worked quite well. Capture cards are certainly nifty, but if
you don't need that functionality they're probably a little overkill.
Also, I just did a google search for "webcam linux" and found these two
relatively pertinent links:
http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/devices.shtml
The first one lists model names and numbers and tells you about driver
support. You could print that out and go to your local electronics store
and try your luck. A strategy which I found worked well when I was
looking for USB MIDI widgets.
HTH,
James.
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
