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Statux <statux <at> optonline.net> writes: |
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> I use ekiga with gnome for conferencing and camorama with the same |
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> camera you have. I haven't found a video capturing program yet, though. |
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> I hope someone knows of a nice one |
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I'll test out ekiga. If I run across an application for capture, I'll |
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drop you a line. |
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> > This used to work really well with the pwc set of drivers, but support |
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> > was removed from the kernel, and thus Gentoo, a few months ago. I ended |
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> > up buying a Logitech Quickcam 9000 to replace mine, which has much |
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> > better picture, and is supported by the uvc set of drivers - these seem |
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> > to be under more active development. |
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> PWC support was added back into the kernel a long time ago under the V4L |
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> version 1 section of the configuration. |
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> The licensing for the proprietary drivers was dropped way back (those |
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> were the extra drivers that got you higher framerates and better quality |
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> images, etc) and yes, the support was yanked from the kernel but said |
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> support has been returned, which made me happy because, as I noted, I |
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> too have one of these cameras. |
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All very nice to know. I'll keep twidling with the kernel and |
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looking applications that make it easy to use this usb camera. |
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> -Statux |
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Thanks for the information. |
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James |
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