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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 |
Link |
Creative |
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Logitech |
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Philips |
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A4 Tech |
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Tevion |
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Genius |
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Samsung |
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Trust |
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Typhoon |
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Jenoptik |
Make |
Model |
Driver |
Supported |
Works? |
Ubuntu Version |
Comments |
Last Updated |
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 |
|
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 |
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 |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
USB ID 041e:4036 Works well with gnomemeeting and v4l. You have to install that plugins to use it with gnomemeeting. |
2005-Mar-04 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Samsung |
|
Yes |
Yes |
6.06 LTS (Dapper) |
Works out of the box with Ekiga but not as a V4L device, therefore doesn't work with some other apps (doesn't work with Mercury Messenger for example). Using EasyCam to get a V4L driver gives terrible results |
2006-Dec-02 |
|
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 |
Typhoon |
EasyCam 330 K USB |
XawTV |
Yes |
Out of the box |
v6.06.1 LTS |
Tested with aMsn 0.95, kopete |
2006-Nov-26 |
Jenoptik |
JD C 2.1 LCD |
gspca |
Yes |
Not out of the box |
Hoary/Breezy/Dapper/Edgy |
By default, the spca5xx driver is used for this camera, but for some reason causes a kernel panic. Using the gspca driver (not included with ubuntu, must be downloaded from http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html and compiled), this problem does not occur any more. Though you must unload the spca5xx driver after you plug in the camera and then manually load the gspca driver. |
Dec 11, 2006 |