[ale] quickcam or videblaster cam

[Chris Ricker]

On 14 Apr, Mir Shafiqul Islam wrote:
> hi anyone has had any experience with connectix color quickcam that connects to usb port ? In
> computer city they are selling connectix for 129 and video blaster parallel port cam for 100.
> 
> I liked the video blaster one better(it looked slicker than connectix) but was not sure if linux has
> any support for it or not. Anyone knows if driver exists for video blaster camera ? I know there is a 
> driver for the color quickcam.

Not personal experience, but take a look at
http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/v4l.shtml .  Alan Cox says that
older color quickcams are supported, but not new ones due to changes in
documentation release policies.  Presumably, usb ones would be new ones.

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                          kaboom at gatech.edu