Getting fuji to work as webcam

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> I'm trying to get a Fuji 5500 to work with Linux. Although it is a
> stills' camera, it does have a webcam function. Windows XP recognizes
> the camera with no need to install drivers, but Fedora Core 4 fails to
> use the camera. The Fuji website doesn't have anything useful, either.
>
> What must be done to use the camera as a webcam in Fedora? Thank you
> in advance for any advice.

If you put it in webcam mode what does your machine detect when you plug 
the camera in (presumably not a mass storage device)? There are a number 
of usb video capture chipsets  supported by linux, though it's entirely 
possible that whatever the fuji has isn't one of them.

joelja

> Dotan Cohen
> http://technology-sleuth.com/technical_answer/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html
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