On 10-Aug-2001 Mihnea-Costin Grigore wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, George F. Saxby wrote: > >> Hi, >> what would members of the list choose as a web cam for linux that is >> readily >> available? > > In my opinion, the best choice would be a Philips camera. The old > ones (PCVC680/690) are ok - but they come with CMOS sensors, so the image > quality isn't extraordinary. The new ones though, from the ToUCam series > (especialy the Pro version) are great, they have a CCD sensor and support > 640x480 for capturing. There is very good support for these in Linux, > check out http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ for more details. > They also come with good prices - about 80$ for the ToUCam Pro > (although it may vary, depending on country) and only 60$ for the ToUCam > Fun. Beware of the ToUCam XS though, it is not made by Philips and it is > _not_ supported in Linux, although it is pretty cheap and offers a good > image quality. > > As a side-note, I have two Philips cams at the moment, one of them > working non-stop for motion-detection, and I am very happy with them. are you use these with, or without the binary decompression module ? -Greg > With best regards, > > -- > Mihnea-Costin Grigore [ "Tenebus Ipsilo Ibinem Catehens" ] > E-mail: mgc8@xxxxxxxxxxx Home Page: http://mgc8.virtualave.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ You can release software that's good, software that's inexpensive, or software that's available on time. You can usually release software that has 2 of these 3 attributes -- but not all 3. | Greg Hosler hosler@xxxxxxxxxxx | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
