Talking to Logitech on the phone regarding webcam support for linux
Tim
ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Fri Feb 9 07:40:35 UTC 2007
On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 13:19 -0800, Les wrote:
> They are selling Cameras, not drivers. They MUST write the drivers to
> sell the cameras. Whether the driver exists on Mac, Windows, Vista,
> Linux, Unix or whatever, the drivers MUST be written for them to sell
> the cameras.
I have to really wonder at that. You'll probably find that many cameras
are made from standard parts (CMOS optical block, common interface ICs,
etc.). If a manufacturer is just interested in selling cameras, they
don't have to do it through special hardware or drivers.
Web cameras *could* be just as generic as USB flash drives, USB hard
drives, and whatnot. Most of them do not need special drivers.
Manufacturers could build the cameras to a consistent specification, and
then all OSs would just use a standard webcam driver, not needing
specific ones per manufacturer.
And being generic doesn't preclude one manufacturer from making a better
camera than their opposition. They can have better optics, different
designs, include a decent microphone, etc.
Just why is it that having sound with a picture is considered not worth
bothering with? It's not just cameras I refer to, but various
applications that handle web cam chatting make no provision for doing
sound at the same time.
I want my futuristic video phone, dammit, it's after the 2000s.
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