[ale] OT: pc cameras and linux
Geoffrey
esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu Aug 15 22:11:31 EDT 2002
John Wells wrote:
> Since the MSACS at KSU is pretty close to fully web-based, I need a web
> cam that can do color video at a reasonable price. This just gives the
> professors a way to see my expressions of wonder and confusion. I'm also
> trying to turn my employer on to telecommuting, and one of the
> trust-builders I've offered is to tune a web cam on me while at work.
> Paranoia is rampant -- "If I can't see you, you're not working damnit!"
> ;).
This should work. I've not done video over the net, but a while back, I
put up a web site where you could remotely snap an image and it would be
displayed in the web page. There's vic and other software to do video
with multicast.
>
> Which mustek camera do you have? Do you *have* to use a capture card
> with it? They list a usb cam on their site.
I don't know that I have the box anymore, it says v-cam on the bottom.
Since it's got an rca connector, yeah, you'd have to have a capture
card. I checked out mustek's site, I don't see the camera there. It's
probably been discontinued. I picked mine up at http://www.compgeeks.com/
My personal experiences with usb cameras is they are not near as fast
and clean as the capture card/camera set up. I've got the logitech
express and my daughter has an ez-cam usb camera on her computer.
Neither compares to the capture card/camera setup.
>
> Thanks!
> John
>
> On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 21:18, Geoffrey wrote:
>
>>
>>John Wells wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone recommend a good, cheap pc camera that works under linux?
>>
>>You might need to define pc camera. I've got a couple set up.
>>
>>I've got a pci captivator capture card, has rca input. I've got a
>>mustek color camera on it, works great. I got the card for about $20
>>and the camera for about $20. I've got two of these cameras, the second
>>is connected to the s-video on my wintv card. Works very well as well.
>> Works meaning I can capture stills just find and motion is fluid when
>>viewed under X.
>>
>>I've also got a b/w motorola camera that I've used with the above
>>capture cards. The image is a bit grainy, but it's designed for
>>security type stuff, and has a very nice 60' cable.
>>
>>All three of the above cameras have audio as well, but I've never taken
>>advantage of it or even tried using it.
>>
>>I've also got a Logitech express which is usb. It works, but the image
>>is limited to two resolutions. Motion is poor, I don't know what the
>>fps is but it's poor. Capture works okay, but the images are not that
>>good. With this driver loaded it hits the cpu for about 80%.
>>
>>The capture cards and cameras noted above have virtually no impact on
>>the cpu. I have run motion, which is a motion detecting software with
>>my capture card/camera setups and it works very well. It's quite cpu
>>intensive as well.
>>
>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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