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The CSC owns a few webcams.
The CSC owns a few webcams.

As far as I can tell, gspca only supports v4l2 in recent kernels.
Camserv only supports v4l1 though, so to get it to work, need to
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so in the environment
that camserv runs.


== Logitech QuickCam Messenger ==
== Logitech QuickCam Messenger ==

Revision as of 14:35, 6 July 2009

The CSC owns a few webcams.

As far as I can tell, gspca only supports v4l2 in recent kernels. Camserv only supports v4l1 though, so to get it to work, need to export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so in the environment that camserv runs.

Logitech QuickCam Messenger

  • USB IDs: 046d:08da
  • Kernel module: gspca (gspca-source)
  • Max resolution: 640x480

Logitech QuickCam Zoom

  • USB IDs: 046d:08b3
  • Kernel module: pwc
  • Max resolution: 640x480

Logitech QuickCam Web

  • USB IDs: 046d:0850
  • Kernel module: quickcam (qc-usb-source package)
  • Max resolution: 480x360

Logitech QuickCam Chat

  • USB IDs: 046d:092c
  • Kernel module: gspca (gspca-source)
  • Max resolution: 480x360