On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Nima S. Panahi wrote:
> [Re: Philips camera] The only thing is the USB sound subsystem it
> comes with. IT gives me so much headache since
> I also have a SB Live Plat. 5.1 installed. However, I probably can fix
> this if I spend a little time clearing up what is going on there.
What seems to be the problem? I also have a SBLive!, and the cameras
work perfectly together with it... The only thing to remember is to load
the USB sound module (audio.o) _after_ the sound-related modules
(soundcore and all the sound modules). This way, the sound-card gets
assigned /dev/dsp0, while the camera(s) gets /dev/dsp1.
Note: I am using ALSA, I don't have too much experience with other
SBLive! drivers. And I have even used both cameras at the same time, doing
tri-sound recording from /dev/dsp0,1,2 :)
Another thing is that those microphones are some of the most sensitive
I have ever seen; with the ToUCam Pro, I can speak normally from even two
metres away and it records fine! The downside is that you can't do "cat
/dev/dsp1 > /dev/dsp0" without getting into a horrible microphony, but if
you just record something (or send it through the Net) it works great.
Regards,
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Mihnea-Costin Grigore [ "Tenebus Ipsilo Ibinem Catehens" ]
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