Web Cams

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 17.01.2005 schrieb Gene Heskett um 16:33:

> >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've read the site, a rather sad tale (not one I
> > want to debate), but now I am wondering what Web cam to buy.
> >
> >Anyone got any good experiences with web cams that work on FC2 and
> > FC3? Would be greatful for coments on any make.

> The Philips stuff is back AFAIK.  A re-write by a new maintainer I 
> think.  But you may have to get a kernel.org kernel for it.

> Cheers, Gene

It is in the Fedora Core kernel - and I am really glad that this is the
case. I have 2 of the Philips cams supported by the pwc module (now only
one module and not the couple of pwc + pwcx) and have ever been lucky
with quality for the price of these camera models. Here my syslog
messages:

Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Philips webcam module version
9.0.2-unofficial loaded.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Supports Philips PCA645/646,
PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC830/840.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Also supports the Askey VC010,
various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30,
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex,
SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Default framerate set to 15.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Default image size set to vga
[640x480].
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Number of image buffers set to
10.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Number of frame buffers set to
5.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Preferred compression set to 2.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Enabling power save on
open/close.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Philips PCVC740K (ToUCam
Pro)/PCVC840 (ToUCam II) USB webcam detected.
Jan 17 18:23:05 serendipity kernel: pwc Registered as /dev/video1.

Running kernel from signature.

Alexander


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