which camera will work out the box and can be used in skype

[exon]

could people post here whick camera they use type brand and does it work in skype also pint out for

Code:

lsusb

lsmod | grep ehci

dmesg

many thx

[exon]

cheap no brand camera possible "macro media"

lsusb

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0c45:613b Microdia Win2 PC Camera

lsmod | grep ehci

ehci_hcd 32856 0
usbcore 138160 7 sn9c102,zd1211rw,usbhid,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd

dmesg

Linux video capture interface: v2.00
sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C1xx PC Camera Controllers v1:1.47pre49
usb 5-2: SN9C120 PC Camera Controller detected (vid:pid 0x0C45:0x613B)
usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 5-2: OV7660 image sensor detected
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a480000000d25]
usb 5-2: Initialization succeeded
usb 5-2: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0
usb 5-2: Optional device control through 'sysfs' interface disabled
usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c102

so i got a sn9c120 and it is registered as a sn9c102 i dunno how to change that and so far i could'nt make it work at all.

[gposil]

MS Lifecam VX-500

# lsusb

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a9:1094 Canon, Inc. PIXMA iP3000x Printer
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:074a Microsoft Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

# lsmod | grep ehci

ehci_hcd 32856 0
usbcore 138160 6 usbhid,usblp,uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd

# dmesg

Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Microsoft LifeCam (045e:074a)
thermal LNXTHERM:02: registered as thermal_zone1
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM1] (39 C)
input: Microsoft LifeCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/in put/input3
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)

This camera works out of the box in Skype on Puppy 4.3.1 and Dpup482

Cheers

[exon]

Thank you for your quick response gposil.

Do you know if other life cam versions work with the uvc module?

Are you content about the quality of your webcamera?
Could you post a webcamshot so people can have an idea what quality we are talking about ... some camera's do work but have lousy collors

thx in advance

[gposil]

exon, from my reading of the Lifecam specs, it would appear that all models are uvc compliant...

As for the quality, the VX-500 is the bottom of the Lifecam range and at only about $20US, its quality is impressive.

A snapshot appears below...I have not done any image adjustment, just used the out of the box settings...

[exon]

Gposil thank you again for quick response.

the results are realy impressive.

1: works right out of the box (skype, xawtv etc)
2: the colors are bright
3: the price is nice

your snapshot is taken in a very bright room or outside. how does your camera work with less light?

any other puppy user please post your results.


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