[nylug-talk] choosing a linux cam

[Mordy Ovits]

On Wednesday 07 May 2003 02:21 pm, George Georgalis wrote:
> I've heard the '3com' usb video cameras are compatible and work well
> with linux.  Unfortunatly I thought these where the <$50 variety I saw
> in stores, not the $200 ones referenced here:
>
> http://www.ionetworks.com/products/watchportv.html
> http://homeconnectusb.sourceforge.net/
>
> I'm looking for a camera for realtime image processing, nothing fancy,
> it will be used to determine when someone is standing in front of it,
> so one of those $50 (or less) jobs should do the trick. What do you
> recommend?  Maybe this kind of software is written already?

http://motion.sf.net

I used a logitech usb camera w/ linux.  the highres mode required a closed 
binary driver for compression.  (quickcam?)

Mordy
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Mordy Ovits
Network Security
Bloomberg L.P.