Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:11:05 -0400 From: Ed Morgan <ejr.morgan@gmail.com> To: Robert Kopp <iconoklastic@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uvcvideo on Freebsd (uvideo status check) Message-ID: <bd67ba160907081211ofc8cee6r5ef77486c9b0b6f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <377247.52835.qm@web50607.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <bd67ba160907081011u718c22e2n39539e7cb8ca83ff@mail.gmail.com> <200907082038.02682.hselasky@c2i.net> <bd67ba160907081146u78613579x412ccb0f0bf3c9a2@mail.gmail.com> <377247.52835.qm@web50607.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Yeh, though to be honest it's really not important enough to warrant buying a seperate cam. A webcam is a "nice-to-have" rather than essential.. I can still get audio over Skype for VoiP calls.. Cheers, Ed 2009/7/8 Robert Kopp <iconoklastic@yahoo.com> > I imagine you could use a Philips-based Webcam instead of the built-in > one, though you would have an additional item to carry around. > > > Robert "Tim" Kopp > http://analytic.tripod.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ed Morgan <ejr.morgan@gmail.com> > *To:* Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> > *Cc:* freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Richard Kolkovich < > sarumont@sigil.org>; freebsd-usb@freebsd.org > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 8, 2009 11:46:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: uvcvideo on Freebsd (uvideo status check) > > Awesome, thanks very much. I'll subscribe to the list as well so I can keep > up to date. > > Hopefully I can find some sort of resolution, though I can definately live > without my cam for a bit. > > Thanks very much again. > > Ed > > 2009/7/8 Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> > > > On Wednesday 08 July 2009 19:11:05 Ed Morgan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone had any joy getting webcams that use the uvcvideo driver > > working > > > under FreeBSD? I'm looking at putting FreeBSD back on my laptop, and if > > the > > > webcam will work, that'll clinch it for me. Most of the results i've > > found > > > from trawling Google suggest that uvcvideo is basically not going to > > work, > > > but if anyone knows otherwise? > > > > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks very much. > > > > > > Ed > > > > There are several projects around, not finished yet, that are about > porting > > V4L to BSD. > > > > See thread "USB webcam++ support for FreeBSD-8-current is soon here". > > > > --HPS > > > > > > -- > Ed Morgan > > "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the > black flag, and begin to slit throats." - H. L. Mencken > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Ed Morgan "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." - H. L. Mencken
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