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

You need to add the following repository to your source list [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu Adding Repositories]

deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main

Then you need to update the packages

sudo apt-get update

and install the easycam package

EasyCam 1

[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=16670 EasyCam] is 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

You need to add the following repository to you source list [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu Adding Repositories]

deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main

Then you need to update the packages

sudo apt-get update

and install the easycam package

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)].

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