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| == Problems == If you get in trouble you can check on their [http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 thread] (in french) or on the [http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/webcam_logitech_msn?s=amsn Documentaion Ubuntu Francophone (in french)]. == Testing your webcam == There is a nifty little application called [http://camorama.fixedgear.org/ camorama] to view, alter and save images from a webcam. Simply install it via apt: {{{ sudo apt-get install camorama }}} == Additional software == If you want to have a little tray system icon that notifies you when your Webcam is on, try [http://infinito.f2o.org/cameramonitor/ Camera Monitor]. There is even a [http://infinito.f2o.org/cameramonitor/cameramonitor_0.1-1_i386.deb debian/ubuntu package] available. Webcam support is built in to [http://amsn.sourceforge.net/ aMSN], [http://kopete.kde.org/ kopete] and [http://www.gnomemeeting.org/ ekiga]. As usual, install with {{{ sudo apt-get install kopete sudo apt-get install amsn sudo apt-get install ekiga }}} == Recording to an AVI file == [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MPlayer MPlayer] is capaple of displaying a webcam video stream, for example with the command line {{{ mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 }}} The resolution (width=??? & height=??? ) should be chosen to match the output of your device. The companion to MPlayer, [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MEncoder MEncoder] can record from a webcam to video files such as AVI, for example without audio: {{{ mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:device=/dev/video0 -ovc lavc -o webcam.avi }}} and with audio {{{ mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:adevice=/dev/dsp1 -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64:mode=3 -o webcam.avi }}} Type 'man mencoder' for more info on the audio options. In the example, /dev/dsp1 refers to the webcam USB Audio device, while /dev/dsp would refer to the sound card You may need to install these programs with {{{ sudo apt-get install mplayer mencoder }}} == Installing spca5xx manually == You can find howto's for manual installation of the spca5xx driver [wiki:Spca5xx here]. = Edgy troubleshooting : pwc driver is broken = On Edgy, the pwc driver in the kernel is [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/56090 broken]. [http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/PWC/WorkingWebcamsWithPWC List of the working webcams with pwc.] An easy check to see if your pwc driver is broken : {{{$ lsmod | grep pwc pwc 51964 1 <- Your driver is broken ! (around 50kb) pwc 93984 0 <- your driver seems ok. (around 90kb) }}} How to get your webcam working ? 1) Install build-essential and the kernel-headers for your kernel (linux-headers-2.6.17-6-686 for me). 2) Download latest driver from http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/ (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/files/pwc-10.0.12-rc1.tar.bz2 for me) 3) Unpack and go into extracted directory 4) {{{ make }}} 5) {{{ sudo modprobe -r pwc }}} 6) {{{ sudo cp pwc.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc.ko.saillard }}} 7) {{{ cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/pwc }}} 8) {{{ sudo mv pwc.ko pwc.ko.ubuntu }}} 9) {{{ sudo ln -s pwc.ko.saillard pwc.ko }}} 10) {{{ sudo depmod -a }}} 11) {{{ sudo modprobe pwc }}} 12) Enjoy! :) |
= Problems = If you get in trouble you can check on their [http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 thread] (in french) or on the [http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/webcam_logitech_msn?s=amsn Documentation Ubuntu Francophone (in french)]. |
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EasyCam 2
"""Please, if you want participate to the dev of EasyCam, contact me at 'jbtheou in gmail dot com'. Anbreizh Thanks"""
[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 EasyCam 2] is a new release of EasyCam. Please try it if you have any problems with EasyCam 1.
Installation
Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main
Then you need to update the packages and install easycam
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install easycam2
EasyCam 1
[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 EasyCam] is a software for an automated webcam installation. Thanks to the autodetection it will install the needed driver for your webcam.
There are [http://blognux.free.fr/Liste/ lists] of the autodetected webcams. At the moment the list is small, but it's constantly growing.
The source code is [http://blognux.free.fr/sources/ here]
Installation
Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main
Then you need to update the packages and install easycam
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install easycam
Start easycam
with the following command you start easycam (There is also an icon under System->Administration):
lauchcam2
(Note the spelling, yes, there's no "n" in there.) Now you can choose your webcam from the list. The software asks you if you want to install the driver.
After some compilation your webcam should be ready.
Problems
If you get in trouble you can check on their [http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 thread] (in french) or on the [http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/webcam_logitech_msn?s=amsn Documentation Ubuntu Francophone (in french)].