[TriLUG] 3rd question of the day: Linux webcams

[Shane O'Donnell]

Be careful.  If you get the resolution too high, it might be difficult
to pump those files in a timely fashion over Bluetooth from your
helmet to your Linux-based fanny pack computer ("butt-top"?).

Also, are you trying to do still pics or video?  If you're doing
movies, good luck, because even at 15 fps, there aren't many options
and the compute power you'll need on a mobile setup will be
significant.  Still pics?  Lots of options.

And if you're trying to do a USB over Bluetooth with a dongle, keep in
mind that Bluetooth's maximum throughput is just over 700Kbps,
significantly throttling USB 2.0.

And remember, that butt-top computer of yours, if you ramp up the
processing capability, will get hot quick--especially if you're
wearing nothing else, as you previously mentioned was your desire.

Best of luck,

Shane O.

On 7/7/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is anyone out there in linux-land using a USB webcam that offers
> greater then 640x480 resolution?  I would like 1020x768 and I would
> like to know if you are, or have, actually used this camera before
> (the problem I keep running into is many of the "linux supported"
> cameras really aren't - they might get 120x160 resolution, but that
> requires holding on hand up while salting the earth, dancing in a
> circle, and praying to Ganish (it's also not likely to not work after
> "the next" kernel upgrade).  No thank you.
> 
> I'm looking for plug-n-play.  Something I can just point vgrabbj,
> webcam-m, or whatever to and merrily snap photos.  Server is running
> Debian Sarge.
> 
> Greg
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