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Well I am jumping in here to add my $0.02 about the laptop part of your
question. I run Linux on my we little Libretto and it is only a P120. It
does "ok" At the smallest image size it will do about 8 fps. And for use
as a web can it is great.
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From: Luis Villa [mailto:liv@duke.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 12:59 AM
To: cpia@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
Subject: [cpia] Hi!
Hi! I'm a newbie with Linux-based webcams (been using Linux for
two years now), and it looks like this is probably the best place to ask
some quick questions. Hope nobody minds too much.
First, here's what I need- a web-cam that'll plug into my laptop,
which has both a parport and USB (I'd prefer USB.) From what I can tell
the old QuickCams and the various VLSI cameras are my only options. So-
first question then- am I right in thinking that these are my only
options, or do I have other driver options?
Second question- since I can't seem to find any old Creative WebCam
IIs for sale, what HW would you all recommend that I look at? Has anyone
had any bad experiences with particular vendors, or particular reasons
not to buy a particular model?
Finally, what is the state of the drivers? I know I need to
upgrade to 2.3.x for this, but what does "semi-functional" mean, exactly?
I don't need anything particularly fast or efficient, but I really don't
want to write any C just to get a web-cam up and running. All I really
want is something that'll dump an image to a file every few seconds so
that I can ftp it to a server. Is that reasonably easy to do, or will
that require a lot of work?
Oh yeah, one other thing. Performance. My laptop is only a
Pentium 200- will that be able to handle the driver and a reasonable
frame rate? I would think so, but just in case...
Anyway, thanks for putting up with all these questions-
Luis Villa
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RE: [cpia] Hi!
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Well I am jumping in here to add my $0.02 about the =
laptop part of your question. I run Linux on my we little =
Libretto and it is only a P120. It does "ok" At =
the smallest image size it will do about 8 fps. And for use as a =
web can it is great.
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- -----Original Message-----
From: Luis Villa [mailto:liv@duke.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 12:59 AM
To: cpia@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
Subject: [cpia] Hi!
Hi! I'm a =
newbie with Linux-based webcams (been using Linux for
two years now), and it looks like this is probably =
the best place to ask
some quick questions. Hope nobody minds too much. =
First, =
here's what I need- a web-cam that'll plug into my laptop,
which has both a parport and USB (I'd prefer USB.) =
From what I can tell
the old QuickCams and the various VLSI cameras are =
my only options. So-
first question then- am I right in thinking that =
these are my only
options, or do I have other driver options?
Second =
question- since I can't seem to find any old Creative WebCam
IIs for sale, what HW would you all recommend that I =
look at? Has anyone
had any bad experiences with particular vendors, or =
particular reasons
not to buy a particular model?
Finally, =
what is the state of the drivers? I know I need to
upgrade to 2.3.x for this, but what does =
"semi-functional" mean, exactly?
I don't need anything particularly fast or =
efficient, but I really don't
want to write any C just to get a web-cam up and =
running. All I really
want is something that'll dump an image to a file =
every few seconds so
that I can ftp it to a server. Is that reasonably =
easy to do, or will
that require a lot of work?
Oh yeah, =
one other thing. Performance. My laptop is only a
Pentium 200- will that be able to handle the driver =
and a reasonable
frame rate? I would think so, but just in case... =
Anyway, =
thanks for putting up with all these questions-
Luis =
Villa
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