Web Cams
Thomas E. Dukes
edukes at alltel.net
Mon Jan 17 14:01:07 UTC 2005
> Subject: Re: Web Cams
>
> Neil Marjoram wrote:
> > I have got myself a little confused about web cams. I was
> looking at
> > the Philips chips, and then found that the support for PWC
> / PWCX has
> > been dropped,
>
> I have the Philips webcam myself. It worked from RH7.3 through RH9.
> Since I have been running FC, it did not work under FC1 or
> FC2; yet when I upgraded to FC3, I noticed it came right up
> and works flawlessly under gnomemeeting and/or any other V4L
> device application. I'm pleased with it.
>
> Alex
Don't mean to "hijack" this thread but I was considering using a webcam to
video conference with my daughter that lives a few states away. Don't you
have to have a service to connect to, to be able to do this? That's my
understanding. If so is there a server for linux that will do this.
TIA
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