Re: good quality webcam for linux?

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On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 00:43, Daniel James Messing wrote:
> I believe that is a v4l2 driver, whereas I need v4l, I think, to get
> everything working over here. I'm not sure what the differences are
> between the two, to be honest, so it's possible that a v4l2 driver would
> work. Does it ouput to /dev/video0 in the same format? Also, I am not sure
> if the pcmcia card is still available...

While the videum is a v4l2 driver it supports v4l as well.

> Several pepole have mentioned using a PCMCIA<->Firewire solution, but I
> have yet to find any way to implement getting video in through firewire so
> that frames can be read from the video0 device. Let me know if you are
> aware of any way this can be done.

No sorry - I don't know of a way.  Do you really have to stick to v4l?

> 
> Thanks,
> dan
> 
> 
> On 7 Jun 2002, Malcolm Caldwell wrote:
> 
> > Also,
> > 
> > I have seen mention of a PCMCIA version of the videum called the videum
> > traveler.  There is a driver for linux.  See:
> > http://mobility.eecs.umich.edu/videum.htm
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > http://www.thedirks.org/winnov/
> > 
> > (I forget how this thread started - other options are of course USB
> > webcams, or if there is no USB getting a PCMCIA<->USB adapter, if
> > quality is desired a PCMCIA<->Firewire card could be a good option)
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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