Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:45:51 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher J. Booth" <cbooth@aixx.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Web Cam for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003271727300.604-100000@localhost.localdomain>
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Hi, FreeFolks: This has proved harder to get started on than I expected. Has anyone here gotten FreeBSD up with a currently [easily] available, inexpensive video camera for use with FreeBSD 3.4? It seems that the Connectix QuickCam has a lot of support in FreeBSD and in Linux, but this is an extinct product: Logitech has purchased the QuickCam line, and come out with new models that are unsupported. I have been to a half-dozen or more stores trying to find a Web Cam that I could make use of, all to no avail so far. The Video Blaster II is no longer available either, the current models being the Video Blaster 3 and the Web Cam Go. Another dilemma: In real terms, should I be looking for a parallel port version rather than the USB version? Limited USB support is available in FreeBSD, and I have not seen any drivers specifically for a USB video cam. There is a driver in Linux that seems promising, CPiA; will it work in FreBSD? (Although this, too, seems to have a limitation in that the cameras it works with are no longer being manufactured. Can anyone point me to a current solution to this problem? Purchasing an unavailable product is not really quite an answer. Thanks. Chris Booth Christopher J. Booth cbooth@aixx.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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