[ale] Linux Web cams

[Keith R. Watson]

At 12:00 6/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:


>I'm looking to set up an in-house web cam to watch the house/kids, etc
>with Motion (Thanks Geoff).  I had it working until the cam I was
>playing with aparantly blew a circuit or something nasty.  I've gone
>through some other various cams and most are either very low quality or
>badly supported.
>
>Who has a working usb cam, preferably semi-cheap for starters, that
>doesn't take alot of mangling to get working?  Can you give your model #
>so I can look em up on the net/ebay?
>
>Robert
>
>
>:wq!
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>Robert L. Harris                     | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B
>                                          @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu

Robert,

This was previously posted to the list.

keith

>From: Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net>
>To: cfowler at outpostsentinel.com,
>         Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] USB Camera
>Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:52:38 -0500
>
>On Tuesday 23 December 2003 03:11 pm, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > I'm looking for a USB camera that meets these specs.
> >
> > 1.  Cheap
> > 2.  Cheap
> > 3.  Can be picked up from a distributor and/or
> >     bought off ebay
> > 4.  Allows me to get views of my office remotely.
> >     If it saves images on disk I can do the remote part
> > 5.  Works well with Linux
> >
> > Any pointers on chipsets and models I should look for?
>
>Creative Labs
>Video Blaster WebCam III
>CT-6840
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001RME8/104-2121086-4907922?v=glance
>
>Had one for a couple years.  Never had a problem.
>
>Calvin...




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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
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