Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Al <al@×××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Webcam ? Help me please...
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:46:39
Message-Id: 200907252314.18586.al@ngale.adsl24.co.uk
1 >
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > To watch some birds I have bought a Logitech QuickCam Pro For
5 > Notebooks WebCam.
6 >
7 > I have configurted the kernel for UVC and compiled a driver
8 > as modulem which is stated to support my Cam.
9 >
10 > ...the only thing I need is an application to make
11 > the video visible and which allows me to save the
12 > video and an application to control the
13 > cameras features.
14 >
15 > I found "zoneminder" which is masked due to security issues
16 > and which neeed A LOT more things to support features I wont
17 > use (PHP, MySQL...).
18 >
19 > I qsearched for web cam (not match) and other keywords without
20 > success.
21 >
22 > A hint, what to install would be very helpful and heartly
23 > welcome!
24 >
25 > Have a nice weekend!
26 > Kind regards,
27 > Meino Cramer
28 >
29 Hi 2 more to try
30 guvcview
31 luvcview
32 both work with uvc web cams and can take snapshots and video
33
34 Also,
35 motion
36 motiontrack
37 are motion detection and recording apps
38
39 Al