On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:32 PM, thveillon.debian < thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> H.S. a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > I came across some websites related to webcam detection and working on > > Linux systems which describe a tool called "easycam2". Here are the main > > ones: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EasyCam > > http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Easycam2 > > http://blognux.free.fr/ > > > > I do not understand the French and German web pages. Debian does not > > seem to have this package. Easycam2 appears to make detection and > > working of webcams a breeze. Apparently it detects what webcam is > > connected and installs the relevant driver. Is this correct? > > > > Anyone have experience with this? > > > > And anybody know what is relationship between gspca and uvcvideo modules? > > > > Finally, is easycam2 just a gui way of replacing module-assistant in > > these webcam cases? > > > > Thanks. > > > Hi, > > I read the French blog from the main author, looks to me it's a script > trying to detect which chipset the camera is using, and then installing > the right driver. > But for uvcvideo it's broken, since uvc shifted from svn to mercurial > and the compilation method changed accordingly. > uvcvideo is in the kernel starting with 2.6.26, gspca in 2.6.27 and > above, and all are available through module-assistant, so the script is > just to save the user the hassle of running a search with the usb ID, > and installing the driver. > >From the author blog I could understand that several drivers aren't > included in easycam, some are but installation process is broken, and > the author doesn't have much time to look into this (he is preparing a > challenging exam, French "concours", we are very fond of those...). > > Finally it's intended for Ubuntu users, I didn't look into the code, the > main author says it's written in python and Glade provides the GUI. > > So to answer your question, it seems to be more than a gui way to > replace m-a, the webcam detection module seems to be the important point > in easycam, on top of which is the collection of driver installation > routines. > > Hope it helps. > Yes, it is much more than I could understand from the main web pages. I knew the steps it asked you to follow, but did not know what was going on under the hood. A friends is asking me if he should try this out. I wanted to see how it worked in Debian first. I did not find the package in Debian so that naturally raised a flag. I actually wanted to see what it did so that I can help my friend undo whatever it does on his Ubuntu machine if it does not work out for him. Thanks for your comments.
