Steren Webcam

[Manuel Escudero]

2010/10/31 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick at gmail.com>

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>
> 2010/10/31 Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at gmail.com>
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> On Sunday, October 31, 2010 19:04:04 Manuel Escudero wrote:
>> > Steren is a Mexican brand that provides electronic devices at low cost
>> > for many propouses... By using my virtualized Windows Machine I
>> dicovered
>> > that this webcam is called a "ZSMC USB PC Camera" and it's driver is
>> called
>> > "ZS0211" But obviously I can't tell if it works in Windows after
>> installing
>> > the driver
>> > or not because I don't have a REAL Windows Machine and because linux
>> does
>> > not
>> > recognize it Virtualbox it's unable to recognize it as well...
>>
>> If:
>>
>> 1) you have Oracle's closed-source version of VirtualBox (not the OSE
>> version
>> provided by standard Fedora repos)
>>
>> 2) your VirtualBox is configured correctly and you can verify that it
>> supports
>> USB devices
>>
>> 3) you have installed the webcam driver under Windows virtual machine
>>
>> then the webcam *should* work under the Windows VM, regardless of any
>> support
>> from the Linux host. The signal from the webcam should just be
>> passed-through
>> to vm, without interference from the host OS. Can you verify this first?
>>
>> Also, can you find some friend with a "real" Windows system and verify
>> that the
>> webcam is working there? You don't want to chase faulty hardware...
>>
>> HTH, :-)
>> Marko
>>
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>
>
> @Marko: What you say is actually false... For example, even if you have the
> Oracle's Vbox (That's the one I use)
> in a Non-Supportive System, the hardware that you connect to the VM is not
> going to be recognized, because it's like
> you're not plugging anything to the PC.
>
> To verify what I'm saying, Plug an iPhone into a Fresh F12 or even 13
> installation and then try to use it inside Oracle's vbox
> with windows, the VM is not going to recognize it until you install the
> proper packages to give linux support for it (if I'm not wrong, F12
> is not going to recognize it at all) and After installing the proper
> libraries in F13 you might not have full support for it inside Linux,
> However,
> you're going to be able to use it inside the VM With iTunes without any
> problem.
>
> in the case of the webcam, the PC does not recognize it and is like I'm not
> plugging anything to the Windows 7 VM.
>
> @Frantisek: The webcam is not recognized, lsusb does not print anything
> useful, this is the output with the webcam connected:
>
> [levick at LevickPC ~]$ lsusb
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f2:0841 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1784:0006 TopSeed Technology Corp.
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0461:4d0f Primax Electronics, Ltd
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> [levick at LevickPC ~]$
>
> Wich is the same if the wecam is not plugged in.
>
> I might try to find a real Windows Host to try it in that computer...
>
> I'll be cheking this thread. Any help would be useful,
>
> Thanks Again, Have a Nice Day.
>
> --
> <-Manuel Escudero->
> Linux User #509052
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Hi, I've just tried the webcam in a real Windows Host but it seems
to be useless... I did not install the driver, but plugging the cam
should bring out the Windows New Hardware assistant and it doesn't
appear.

I believe I'm going to change it for other one.

Greetings.

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<-Manuel Escudero->
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