Make

Model

Driver

Supported

Works?

Ubuntu Version

Comments

Last Updated

Creative

Live! Effects

No

No

v6.06 (Dapper)

EasyCam does not work either

2006-Jun-15

Creative

Webcam

No

No

v6.06 (Dapper)

EasyCam and Easycam2 don't pick it up

2006-Jun-25

Creative

Webcam PD1001

No

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy)

Follow instructions from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=118623 to install the epcam kernel module. Camorara can see it, but with bad quality. Ekiga doesn't like this camera.

2007-Feb-17

Creative

Webcam Live!

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

Webcam NX

gspca

Yes

Yes

v9.04 (Jaunty)

Works out of the box.

2009-Apr-26

Creative

Webcam NX

gspca

Yes

Yes

v8.04 (Hardy)

Works out of the box; aMSN hangs very briefly before sending video but wakes up shortly after.

2009-Jan-23

Creative

Webcam NX

gspca

Yes

Yes

v7.10 (Gutsy)

Works with both aMSN and Skype 2.0

2008-Apr-08

Creative

Webcam NX

spca5xx

Not out of the box.

Works using EasyCam

v5.10 (Breezy)

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

2006-Jan-02

Creative

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

Live! Cam Notebook Pro

gspca

Yes

Yes

7.04 (Feisty)

Works out of the box with Ekiga as a V4L camera

2007-Mar-16

Creative

Webcam Live! Motion

No

No

v7.04 (Feisty)

Neither Easycam nor EasyCam2 picked it up either

2007-May-26

Creative

Live! Cam Optia

Yes

No

v7.04 (Feisty)

The Optia is a USB Video Class (UVC) compliant webcam and is supported by Linux UVC. After installation of the latter, and the installation of ekiga 2.0.9, ekiga recognizes the unit, but the local video display is not continually updated; only the first frame is displayed. Kopete recognizes the Optia but the screen is green. aMSN likewise sees the camera, but I've not yet been able to determine whether it fully works. EasyCam2 does not recognize it.

2007-Sep-24

Creative

Webcam Live! Optia AF

uvcvideo

Yes

Yes

7.10 (Gutsy)

Supported and fully working out-of-the-box with all applications that I have tried, namely Cheese, Ekiga and Skype. Skype works with default settings, so does Cheese. In Ekiga's Configuration Assistant you need to be sure to select V4L2 (not V4L) as Video Manager. You can also change this by going to Edit->Preferences, expanding Devices and selecting Video Devices; there you should select V4L2 as "Video plugin".

2008-Apr-05

Creative

Creative Labs Live! Cam Notebook

Ov51x

Yes

Yes

v7.10 (Gutsy)

Works with http://www.rastageeks.org/ov51x-jpeg/index.php/Ov51xJpegHackedInstall this manual

2008-Mar-06

Creative

Creative Labs VF0250 CAM Notebook Pro Webcam

gspca

Yes

Yes

v7.10 (Gutsy)

Works out of the box with Ekiga, Skype 2 beta, amsn

2008-Mar-01

Creative

Creative Live! Cam Voice

No

No

v7.10 (Gutsy)

I tried easycam and easycam2, but neither worked. Also, the creative website claims there is no support.

2008-Mar-04

Creative

Creative LIVE! CAM Optia Pro

Yes

Yes

v 8.10 (Intrepid)

Supported and fully working out-of-the-box with the following applications (I have tried): Skype, Ekiga & Cheese. Camorama was the only one that didn't work.

2009-Jan-31

Creative

Live! Cam Vista IM (VF0420)

Yes

Yes

v 9.04 (Jaunty)

Test OK: Skype (built-in microphone works ok too), Cheese. Test failed: Camorama

2009-Jan-31