People, thanks for the input its a Phillips or forget it.. Any one know who in the UK is a reseller of the pro version? With regard to using it as a motion detector that is what I want to use it for, I am going to assume you are using the motion.technolust.cx program? The camera will be the eye of robotic head that is my "watch dog" for the porch. If any of you have seen the film FX2 and the special effects clown in that a friend has a replica in his front porch. When you open the front gate you activate it ( it sits slumpped at rest) first it sits up straight turns to look at you. The owner has a camera in the head along with Micro phones in the ears and a speaker in the chest The lips move activated by the speaker.. He had his house robbed whilst he worked in the back workshop !!! since the clown was installed he sees all that goes on in front. Even someone trying to steal the clown. It is all built on a steel Girder bolted to the concrete shelf. !!!! On Saturday 11 August 2001 05:58, your missive said : - > I would have to go with Philips also. I love the Philips, as it is FAST, > CRISP, and works under many different lighting conditions. AND, its > cheaper that most webcams that are crap compared to it. 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. I also > have a ZoomCam that works great but not half the image quality as Philips. > > On Fri, 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. > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list -- cu george East of London Airport the world's busiest Airport West of the World Famous Kew botanical Gardens & Steam Museum
