On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:03:26 -0700 (PDT), Robert Kopp wrote: > I have used a number of operating systems, including Linux and > FreeBSD, and am thinking about adding OpenBSD to the list. (This > would be i386, or amd64 if the latter has enough features: my > hardware will support it). I use a UVC Webcam with Linux, and it > would increase my motivation to try OpenBSD if such equipment would > also work with that OS. I heard that 4.4 offered "partial" support, > and there are more recent releases than that. Has anyone here tried > using such a Webcam (say, with Skype or Ekiga?). Skype probably > doesn't work unless Linux emulation is pretty well-developed, as with > FreeBSD, but there should be a native port of Ekiga. > > > Robert "Tim" Kopp > http://analytic.tripod.com/ >
>From my personal experiences -- I wouldn't count on Skype. I could get it to run, but I couldn't make it display cyrillic characters properly and it worked somewhat oddly, ultimately it would freeze up after a few minutes of work. USB webcams work.
