Re: [SLE] web cam

Chris writes:

I am trying to find a webcam I can use with suse. Hardware databases don't say much at all. So can some one report they are using a webcam with suse (9.2) and what installation entailed.

USB-based webcams don't seem to be well supported under Linux. However, you could use a TV card connected to a CCD camera (via the video input) and then write a simple script to periodically generate image snapshots using the v4lctl command. I have experimented with this using a Hauppauge WinTV PCI card and a small color CCD camera from a local surplus store, and it works quite well under SuSE 9.1. -Ti -- Ti Kan http://www.amb.org/ti Vorsprung durch Technik