webcams

[Mark Greenwood]

On Saturday 21 February 2009 18:55:11 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > good topic.
> > i never used a webcam on kubuntu yet, though i do have one. not a
> > famous make or anything, a generic USB webcam.
> > i plugged it only once, opened kopete, and noticed that kopete doesn't see it.
> > nowadays i don't use kopete anymore, i use amsn and skype from
> > medibuntu. do i need any driver? any package to get camera support? or
> > it works out of the box? i have no idea. like we need "sane" for
> > scanners, do we need anything for webcams?
> 

I find that the new Kopete in KDE 4 works much better than the old one in KDE 3 (I'm using Jaunty Alpha). My Logitech USB Quickcam For Notebooks Pro works very well with it. It has never worked with any Linux app before.

The webcam built in to my Sony laptop doesn't work however. I've found webcams to be a hit and miss affair in Linux. Some work, some don't. Some work with some applications and not with others.

I think your best bet is to decide whether you want to use skype or instant messaging like Kopete, and then follow someone's recommendation as to which camera worked on Kubuntu with that app.

Mark