[streaming] Re: WebCAM Device Recommendations

[Richard Ham]

> > I am looking to buy a webCAM that is vls/vlc (linux based)
compatible.  Any
> > recommendations?
> > Desire to have both video and audio supported.
> >
>
> Well, any webacm supported by Video4Linux should be OK.

Ummm ....... no.

I have tried several webcams (the Phillips one Tristan speaks of, an
OV511 based camera and the Quickcam express plus a couple of others
that the driver is beta development stage, with vls.

Supported by v4l *definitely* doesn't mean working with vls. The OV511
based camera worked fine. The Phillips camera also works well. The
quickcam camera, while working with a myriad of other v4l programs
always segv's with vls. The cameras in beta stage also work with apps
such as motv, gqcam, gnome meeting, but causes a segv with vls.

It seems that vls is quite pickey about the palette/depth and will
complain bitterly about "your computer is too slow, trashing frame"
for a bit and then segv if it doesn't support the camera. I have tried
debugging this to see why. I have generally been unsucessful, and
requests for help have been ignored, so I have moved on to re-learning
C++ so I can figure out the code in all my spare time. It does come
down to the fact that the cameras work in a lot of other progs, but
not vls.

It has been expensive to test many cameras with vls which is the only
reason I'm responding - to correct this error of "if it works with
v4l, it works with vls". No, it doesn't mean that.

My suggestion is to find a camera that is based on the ov511 chipset -
they work well... backup suggestion, use the camera Tristan speaks of.
As always, YMMV.

Best Regards,

Richard

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