kevin mudrick on Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:10:24 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] webcams for linux?


> I'm looking to get a new webcam, but it seems that most makers of
> webcams specify only windows as the OS they support. Anyone have any
> suggestions at to what kind of web cam would work under linux?

About 6 months ago, I went out and bought a (cheap, like $15 new) webcam
that works under linux.  I got the D-Link DSB-C100 (USB), which uses the
OV511 chip.  Kernel Modules can be downloaded from the link below.  It
worked okay for me, I guess what I'd expect for such a cheap price, until
I dropped it.  Now half of the "picture" is blurred out.

http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/

Theres a list of supported OV511-based cameras there, too.

-kevin

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