[Tfug] webcam madness

[Bowie J. Poag]

This is absolute madness. I'm going mad!

George Cohn wrote:
> John Gruenenfelder wrote:
>   
>> I'm looking for some suggestions on getting a webcam.  The intended use is as
>> a video phone with MythPhone (MythTV plugin).
>>
>>     
> The Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX works in Debian Sarge with a 2.6-8 
> kernel if you use the SPCA5XX driver.  It's a $40 camera from Newegg.com
>
> This beast comes with a disk for windows.  I tried it on my XP machine 
> first and McAfee warned me that the application was loading spy ware!
>
> I quickly dumped that installation and decided to try to make it work on 
> the Debian box.  I looked at a couple of howtos and it only took about a 
> half hour or so to get it working.
>
> Picture is pretty good if lit well but gets muddy quickly under low light.
>
> George Cohn
>
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