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

[William Sutton]

NetBotz are interesting...not sure of the res you can get out of 
them....not sure they're exactly cheap either...but very cool

William Sutton


On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Shane O'Donnell wrote:

> Have you checked out NetBotz? 
> 
> On 7/7/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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