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= EasyCam 2 =

[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 EasyCam 2] is a New Release of EasyCam.
Please try if you have any problems with EasyCam

= Installation =
Add the following line to your {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}
{{{
deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main
}}}

Then you need to update the packages and install easycam
{{{
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install easycam2
}}}

= EasyCam 1 =

[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 EasyCam] is a software for an automated webcam installation. Thanks to the autodetection it will install the needed driver for your webcam.

There is are [http://blognux.free.fr/Liste/ lists] of the autodetected webcam's. At the moment the list is small, but it's constantly growing.

The source code is [http://blognux.free.fr/sources/ here]

= Installation =
Add the following line to your {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}
{{{
deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main
}}}

Then you need to update the packages and install easycam
{{{
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install easycam
}}}

= Start easycam =
with the following command you start easycam (There is also an icon under System->Administration):
{{{
lauchcam2
}}}

Now you can choose your webcam from the list. The software asks you if you want to install the driver.

After a some compilation your webcam should be ready.

== Problems ==
If you get in trouble you can check on their [http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 thread] (in french) or on the [http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/webcam_logitech_msn?s=amsn Documentaion Ubuntu Francophone (in french)].

== Testing your webcam ==
There is a nifty little application called [http://camorama.fixedgear.org/ camorama] to view, alter and save images from a webcam. Simply install it via apt:
{{{
sudo apt-get install camorama
}}}

== Additional software ==
If you want to have a little tray system icon that notifies you when your Webcam is on, try [http://infinito.f2o.org/cameramonitor/ Camera Monitor]. There is even a [http://infinito.f2o.org/cameramonitor/cameramonitor_0.1-1_i386.deb debian/ubuntu package] available.

== Installing spca5xx manually ==
You can find howto's for manual installation of the spca5xx driver [wiki:Spca5xx here].

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