Use Sony (Logitech?) EyeToy camera with Puppy

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Use Sony (Logitech?) EyeToy camera with Puppy

#1 Post by Makoto »

Well, I managed to find one of these for less than 50 cents ( :shock: ), so I was wondering if I could somehow get it to work as a webcam under Puppy 4.3.1. :mrgreen:

I did find this topic, but the base website link amigo provides for the driver just ends up at a long-since spambot-overrun wiki, and the source code download link buried within all that spam text seems to be a dead link. :(

Or is there possibly a way to try to get it to work without installing another kernel driver (in other words, does 4.3.1 have any support for any webcams out-of-the-box?).

(Edited, because I didn't know something would trip the word filters...)
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#2 Post by rokytnji »

Just curious what

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cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
says about that camera in Puppy 4.31. Maybe iit will shed some light in your thread for better proficient Puppy members better than me to respond to your thread.

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#3 Post by Makoto »

I think this is it...

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T:  Bus=04 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#=  4 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=054c ProdID=0155 Rev= 1.00
S:  Manufacturer=Sony corporation
S:  Product=EyeToy USB camera Namtai
C:* #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=ov519
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS=   0 Ivl=1ms
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 1 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=ov519
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 384 Ivl=1ms
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 2 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=ov519
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 512 Ivl=1ms
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 3 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=ov519
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 768 Ivl=1ms
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 4 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=ov519
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 896 Ivl=1ms
I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio
I:* If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio
I:  If#= 2 Alt= 1 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=05(Isoc) MxPS=  40 Ivl=1ms
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#4 Post by rokytnji »

Relevant ID data for that webcam
ID 054c:0155
http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/

Sony
EyeToy
N/A OV519 (054c:0155)
OV7640 Works withov51x driver

Old Linux Forums post in case you stumble with devx

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/hardwa ... -help.html

Link to the "0v51xJpghacked" statement in that thread

http://www.rastageeks.org/ov51x-jpeg/in ... ckedSource

Best I can do for you. Good luck with it Makoto. Maybe some other members can walk you through a install now with the links I gave you in case you need help.

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#5 Post by Makoto »

Thanks. :) I'll try to get around to looking at it. I don't think I have anything around/installed that actually uses a webcam, though, unless Puppy includes something by default (isn't gtkam for regular digital still cameras?).
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#6 Post by rjbrewer »

Guvcview works instantly with many web cams.

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