[ale] OT: pc cameras and linux

[Geoffrey]

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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