Linux-compatible webcam recommendations invited

[Reshat Sabiq]

M Daniel R M wrote:

>El lun, 12-09-2005 a las 23:05 -0500, Reshat Sabiq escribió:
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>>I just plugged in STX: doesn't appear to be supported, but i'll play a
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>>I looked up QuickCam Pro 4000 as well: is it true that it supports
>>crazy resolutions like 1280x960? 
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>Reshat, I can not imagine why someone would need such resolutions in a
>webcam... I don't know what are "the limits" -if existing...;-)- they
>claim in the Windows software for this, all in all such high resolutions
>are always obtained by zooming and pixel interpolation, and quality goes
>down proportionally. IMO "Semi PAL-DVD" 352x288 is a very good frame
>size for the purpose of a webcam. 
>Anyway, I think that the max resolution that the pwc driver can provide
>is 640x480, but I don't know if there is any app that can manage that. 
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>>Daniel, are you able to view QuickCam Pro 4000 stream from within
>>Gnome Meeting window, or do you have to use an external app, like vlc?
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>Yes, I am able to view both from GnomeMeeting and from some other apps,
>like vlc. For example here, in vlc, you can view the capture at full
>screen (1024x768 in my case), but quality turns down as you can
>imagine..
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>> Also, are you able to use the built-in mike on QuickCam Pro 4000? 
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>Yeah, it works. It is recognized as a sound usb-device, and can be
>managed by the "Gnome Volume Control" applet, it appears as another
>alsamixer device.
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Given that i'm having problems w/ audio/mic in STX, i'll probably go for 
Pro 4000 too.

Thanks.
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