[ale] Linux Web cams

[ups at tree.com (Stephan Uphoff)]

> 
> 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? 

I really like my Logitech Pro 4000. (It is based on a Philips chip)
It even works nice under low light conditions.
( It also has good microphone )

I am currently waiting for the delivery of "Logitech notebook pro cam"
that I bought from overstock.com for <50$ for lawn video conferencing.
Hopefully I can test it later today.

While the base driver is in the normal kernel ... you will need a binary
decompression module for full motion video.

Linux info:
	http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/

Here is a buying guide to Philips based USB based webcams.
	http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/which.html


	
Stephan