Fedora9 supported webcam list

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Feb 10 13:49:40 UTC 2009


Tom Horsley wrote:
> In general, nowhere :-). But if the webcam says it supports
> the new UVC (USB video class) standard, the odds are good
> that it will work with the uvc driver now included as
> part of fedora (sometimes you can't find anything in the
> docs that mention UVC specifically, but it will say something
> about Mac OS-X support, and I believe OS-X uses UVC for
> webcams).

The "designed for Window$ Vi$ta" logo is also a good indicator, M$ made UVC
a requirement for that. (That said, there are dishonest manufacturers using
that logo without fulfilling the requirements and M$ doesn't seem to really
enforce it.)

        Kevin Kofler




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