Comments on: The Trouble With Webcams and Ubuntu Linux http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-trouble-with-webcams-and-ubuntu-linux/ Resources, help, how to's and tutorials for Ubuntu Linux users! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Anonymous Bloke http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-trouble-with-webcams-and-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2558 Anonymous Bloke Sun, 10 May 2009 21:48:38 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/?p=1435#comment-2558 Hey man, good post. Hardware support in linux is one of those things... it's a miracle anything works at all if you really think about it. Webcams, printers and scanners are very problematic areas. A lot of different vendors do a lot of different things with their hardware, and reverse engineering every single one of them is a hell of a task. The number of hardware vendors that provide drivers for linux is minuscule. Here's my advice, from now one every time you buy hardware, check if it's supported first because you know that if something is fully supported, then you never have to worry about it again. Btw, you have some very good quality content on the blog, subscribed to the feed. cheers! Hey man, good post.

Hardware support in linux is one of those things… it’s a miracle anything works at all if you really think about it. Webcams, printers and scanners are very problematic areas. A lot of different vendors do a lot of different things with their hardware, and reverse engineering every single one of them is a hell of a task. The number of hardware vendors that provide drivers for linux is minuscule.
Here’s my advice, from now one every time you buy hardware, check if it’s supported first because you know that if something is fully supported, then you never have to worry about it again.

Btw, you have some very good quality content on the blog, subscribed to the feed. cheers!

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]]> By: UbuntuLinuxHelp http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-trouble-with-webcams-and-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 UbuntuLinuxHelp Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:14:10 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/?p=1435#comment-2470 @Vadim P. - That's a nice resource! Thanks! :) I find there was no real issue with using Skype. I did find however that using Flash was big trouble (and applications like Ekiga never even worked for video chats). @Vadim P. – That’s a nice resource! Thanks! :)

I find there was no real issue with using Skype. I did find however that using Flash was big trouble (and applications like Ekiga never even worked for video chats).

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]]> By: UbuntuLinuxHelp http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-trouble-with-webcams-and-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2460 UbuntuLinuxHelp Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:54:21 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/?p=1435#comment-2460 @Jady L. - Your comments about Ekiga - Ouch! While I won't use it (because video does not work for me), there are others (I am sure) who use it with video. In retrospect (based on my experiences) I <strong><em>might</em></strong> revisit Ekiga when Ubuntu 9.04 stable is released. Again, I'm sure there are others who have it working with video. I hear your point about the 64 Bit version of Flash though, I did bump into a bug that had something to do with it not properly recognizing Logitech (and I think Phillips?) camera chipsets (or something like that) - I wish I bookmarked the link to that. @Jady L. – Your comments about Ekiga – Ouch! While I won’t use it (because video does not work for me), there are others (I am sure) who use it with video. In retrospect (based on my experiences) I might revisit Ekiga when Ubuntu 9.04 stable is released. Again, I’m sure there are others who have it working with video.

I hear your point about the 64 Bit version of Flash though, I did bump into a bug that had something to do with it not properly recognizing Logitech (and I think Phillips?) camera chipsets (or something like that) – I wish I bookmarked the link to that.

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]]> By: Jady L. http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-trouble-with-webcams-and-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 Jady L. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:44:01 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/?p=1435#comment-2459 Don't forget that a big part of the issue might be related to the 64Bit version of Flash. I know it had a few bugs and Flash is not exactly the best solution for web cam video. That is why solutions like Skype have worked well (Flash is not used). Funny that you mentioned about Ekiga, I've never got it working (video) either. Ekiga is just a horrid app! Very horrid! Just go to Ekiga's bug page at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ekiga and you will see that hardly anything listed is fixed. Don’t forget that a big part of the issue might be related to the 64Bit version of Flash. I know it had a few bugs and Flash is not exactly the best solution for web cam video. That is why solutions like Skype have worked well (Flash is not used). Funny that you mentioned about Ekiga, I’ve never got it working (video) either. Ekiga is just a horrid app! Very horrid!

Just go to Ekiga’s bug page at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ekiga and you will see that hardly anything listed is fixed.

]]> By: Vadim P. http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-trouble-with-webcams-and-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Vadim P. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:15:46 +0000 http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/?p=1435#comment-2453 Yeah, I was recently shopping about for a Ubuntu-compatible webcam. While no manufacturers advertised support, there is a list of them that work out of the box without any additional work on your part: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams Yeah, I was recently shopping about for a Ubuntu-compatible webcam. While no manufacturers advertised support, there is a list of them that work out of the box without any additional work on your part:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams

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