Summary
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! |
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 |