Web Cams Revisited

Brandon Sandrowicz bsandrow-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Tue Dec 22 08:42:34 UTC 2009


On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 03:20:57PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, Giles Orr wrote:
> > The Dynex webcam previously recommended by Evan and complained about
> > by me is now working just fine for me, as it did for him (sorry Evan).
> >  Probably PEBKAC: I just chose the wrong (and likely very old)
> > software.  luvcview seems to be a very nice basic app, it "just works"
> > for me, and is great for testing.  The Dynex
> > (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10098615&catid=10498)
> > is $35 (and occasionally cheaper), and readily available at Future
> > Shop - or was, six months ago.
> 
> 1280x1024 UVC seems nice.  Should be decent.  Autofocus and face tracking.
> Yep sounds pretty nice.
> 
> -- 
> Len Sorensen

I have two of these and they work fine. The video works fine with Skype
and the microphone is recognized/works as well. (I bought these over a
year and a half ago though, so I can't vouch for whether or not they've
changed the internals in the meantime)
-- 
Brandon

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