Jago Pearce wrote:
I was surprised not to find an FAQ on http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ as
I was expecting this to be a common question.
I can see my usb webcam device in /proc/bus/usb/devices but no
manufacturer is listed.
Check the vendor and product ID against the table at the *bottom* of:
http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html
Also, search for the vendor ID at http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/
If you can't find a match, post /proc/bus/usb/devices here.
It's a no name webcam, el-cheapo but uses `standard` drivers according
to the manual and indeed on windows it seems to.
Strange, there are no standard USB video drivers yet that I know of. I
think the manual is lying. :) Perhaps Windows came with the appropriate
proprietary driver.
Is there a guide I can read to identifying how to get v4l going
including how to identify the hardware?
Here is a fairly complete one: http://hshanemd.net/docs/HOWTOS/Webcam/
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Mark McClelland
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