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Webcameras

Webcams normally use the [http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ video for linux (v4l)] framework. The Ubuntu kernel has support for v4l compiled into it.

You also need a driver for your camera. If it does not just work when you start e.g. xawtv, a good starting point to look for your camera is: http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ (best use the search field with your manufacturer name). Some nice people have also made an application to build the latest driver for some Webcam's. [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Webcam EasyCam]

Make

Model

Driver

Supported

Works?

Ubuntu Version

Comments

Last Updated

Creative

Creative Webcam NX

spca5xx

Not out of the box.

Works using [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Webcam EasyCam]

v5.10 (Breezy)

Image quality is not the best, too dark with some apps, too light with others.

2006-Jan-02

Logitech

QuickCam Chat

spca5xx

Yes

Yes

v6.06 (Dapper) & v6.10 (Edgy)

USB ID 046d:092c

2006 Nov 11

Logitech

QuickCam Express

qc-usb

Not out of the box

After compilation of the module using [http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/misc/qc-usb-source qc-usb-source]

USB ID 046d:0850 Make sure the build-essential package and the correct linux-headers package are installed. Install the package qc-usb-source, uncompress the archive /usr/src/qc-usb-modules.tar.gz and execute /usr/src/modules/qc-usb-source/quickcam.sh (Note: The driver is reliable and included in other distributions like Mandriva, it could be included in Ubuntu as well)

2005 Jun 14

Logitech

QuickCam Express

quickcam

Yes

Out of the box

v5.10 (Breezy)

USB ID 046d:0870 (046d:0840 and 046d:0x850 should also work)

2005 Nov 22

Logitech

QuickCam Express

spca5xx

Not out of the box

After compilation of the module using [spca5xx]

USB ID 046d:0920

2005 Apr 22

Logitech

QuickCam Messenger

qc-usb-messenger

Not out of the box

I had it working with the steps [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=980f126584356cd552208af1420b68ec&t=191770 here]. The [http://home.mag.cx/messenger source] of the driver however is down so I got qc-usb-messenger1.1.orig.tar.gz from somewhere else via Google

USB ID 046d:08f0

2006 Aug 17

Logitech

QuickCam Express LOG0431 (refresh II)

spca5xx

Not out of the box

Ubuntu Hoary doesn't autodetect, but I have got the camera working by doing the steps listed [http://dvlinux.blogspot.com/2005_03_13_dvlinux_archive.html#111101610927602822 here].

USB ID 046d:0928, Image has blue taint with default gain levels. Has anybody got better colors using GRed,GBlue and GGreen parameters?

2005 Mar 17

Logitech

Webcam Mini/Plus PD0040

ov511

No

Not out of the box, but can be made to work.

Warty and Hoary both detect and load the ov511 driver included with the kernel, but neglect to load the image decompressor kernel module. This is evidenced in dmesg by the line "drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: No decompressor available." To get things running, load the kernel module "ovcamchip" at startup. Driver home page is http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/, and problem solution is from [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-July/msg03162.html here]. USB ID: ID 05a9:0518 Omnivision Technologies, Inc. OV518 WebCam

2005 Apr 17

MediaForte

MV300

ov511

Yes

Out of the box

v4.10 (Warty) & v5.04 (Hoary)

Works for me in both Warty and Hoary with no user intervention

2005 Mar 21

Creative

Webcam Live!

[http://mxhaard.free.fr/index.html spca5xx]

Yes

Ubuntu Hoary doesn't autodetect, but I have got the camera working by doing the steps listed in the README file of the driver

USB ID 041e:4036 Works well with gnomemeeting and v4l. You have to install that plugins to use it with gnomemeeting.

2005 Mar 04

Philips

PCVC840K "ToUCam Pro II"

pwc

Yes

Yes

Autodetected and working correctly. However gnomemeeting fails to detect availability of /dev/video1 (I have a tv card on /dev/video0) and so gnome meeting is unable to use the cam. Camorama works fine. As the pwc driver is working correctly all other webcams supported by pwc should also work. Check [http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/PWC/WebHome here] for a list

2005 May 18

Philips

PCVC720K/00 "ToUCam XS"

ov511

Yes

Not out of the box

This cam uses the ov518 chipset. It is Autodetected but complains that it can't enable compression. Simply adding 'ovcamchip' to /etc/modules so it loads the ovcamchip module resolves this, but the cam still wont work until you download, compile and install the latest Experimental ov511 driver from http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/. (The driver supplied with Ubuntu doesn't seem to have ov518 compatibility yet...)

200? Oct 25

Creative

Creative Labs Webcam Plus (Model PD0040)

ov518

No

More or less: the outpout is sometimes green...

v6.06 (Dapper)

You have to manually load some modules to make it work.

2006 Apr 10

A4tech

View Cam pk-935 (also z-star corp pc camera)

spca5xx

Yes

Yes

v6.06 (Dapper beta)

usb id is 0ac8:303b but the 0ac8:301b model should work too

2006 Apr ??

Tevion

PC/Notebook Internet Camera

Not out of the box

Chipset: Microdia?. USB ID 0c45:60fe

2006 May 13

Creative

Creative Live! Effects

No

No

v6.06 (Dapper)

Easycam does not work either

2006 Jun 15

Creative

Creative Webcam

No

No

v6.06 (Dapper)

Easycam and Easycam2 don't pick it up

2006 Jun 25

Genius

Genius VideoCam messenger

spca5xx

Yes

Out of the box

v6.06.1 LTS

Works with Wengophone and Gayachi but does not work with Ekiga

2006 Aug 14

Trust

WB-1400T (TrustWebCameras)

spca5xx

Yes

Out of the box

v6.06.1 LTS

Tested with aMsn 0.95

2006 Oct 14

Trust

380 USB 2.0 Spacec@m (TrustWebCameras)

Still Experimenting

No

Not out of the box

v6.10 (Edgy)

Still Experimenting

2006 Dec 01


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