On 12 August 2011 12:21, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbpli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/08/2011 10:05, Tony Pursell wrote: > >> On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 08:56 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >> > I've noticed some dirt cheap webcams in places like Wilkos and B&M for >> > round about £10 (with microphones). Names are things like Itexet (AFAIR) >> > Anyone tested these? >> > >> >> Best is to look for a good deal on a Logitech webcam then go to the >> Logitech site and see if it is one of their UVC (USB Video Class) >> standard webcams which are fully supported in Linux >> >> http://www.quickcamteam.net/**devices<http://www.quickcamteam.net/devices> >> >> I did see a report that someone had done a lot of fantastic work to >> get >> other types of webcams supported, but I would stick to UVC. >> >> >> I discovered an old Logitech webcam in a cupboard - I /think/ it might be > a C120 but I don't know - there are no marks on it that I can see. > I ran Live Cds both for Ubuntu 11.04 and Linux Mint, installed Cheese and > Skype. Cheese could open the webcam in both, but the latest Skype edition, > 2.2 beta, although it could see the webcam was there, wouldn't open it, on > EITHER distros. > I don't really want to install a distro to my (small) HDD until I can get > that sorted. > Is there a problem with the current version of Skype? My Netbook (which is > currently awaiting a new screen as it got cracked) has a built-in webcam and > that gets used by Skype OK "OOTB"! > > -- > In Skype, click the little S icon at the bottom and select Options > Video Devices. What do you see under Select Webcam. I get 'UVC Camera (046d:0804) (/dev/video0)' and when I click on the Test Webcam button I get myself shown (not a pretty sight (-: ). So what do you get? Tony
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