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

[Greg Brown]

Heh.. .well, these are different projects.  The helmet-cam thing may
have died after some concerns raised from the security and evnironment
safety departments.  Pitty.

However, this webcam project is totally differnet.  This is part of my
on-going 802.11 nightmare on the Outer Banks.  As you can see, the
currently connected (and used and abused) QuickCam is not provided the
best of resolutions:

http://tbcorp.homeip.net/brown.net/greg/17thpic.jpg

The system is running Debian Sarge and I've read that, yes, with a
certain kabooki dance it is possible to get 800x600 out of this
Quickcam, but I really wanted something a bit more plug and play.

There is no motion capture to worry about, just a once-a-minute
picture that will be thumbnailed via convert and linked to the larger
picture.  And the photos are going to an honest-to-goodness full-sized
desktop running a simple web server (and a SSH server).

Greg

On 7/7/05, Shane O'Donnell <shaneodonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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