Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:39:28 -0500 From: Bleeber <bleeber@gmail.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Simon Chang <simonychang@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD Message-ID: <f8ef11960701230439t7b50cf73g87c1d731163bf1af@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEGBFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <8efc42630602090805k12d133b9haa18ac95c7a38b82@mail.gmail.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEGBFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Sorry to bring up an old thread but if others catalog this list for searching later like I do then at least they will have this updated information. As suggested by Ted, I went out and looked for a webcam port and the cams supported by that port. PWCBSD - the author states that it "should work with any webcam supported by the Linux pwc driver." A list of supported cams can be found here: http://raaf.atspace.org/ On 2/10/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > Go into the ports and build one of the webcam programs, get the > list of supported cameras from it's docs, find one of these on ebay, is > about > the best you can do I think. > > Ted > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Simon Chang > >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:06 AM > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD > > > > > >Ted, > > > >First of all, I am a fan of your FreeBSD and the Corporate Networking > >Guide. You have done an excellent job writing that book and I often > >refer to it for suggestions on specific topics. > > > >Regarding self-contained webcams, I realize that these gizmos are out > >there. But so far none of them have the two criteria I am looking > >for: > > > >1) Wireless connectivity (802.11g preferred), and > >2) VPN / IPsec capable. > > > >The reason is that I want to be able to move the camera at a moment's > >notice, and I don't want the images of my bedroom / study / backyard > >to be broadcast in the clear. However, I have not seen any webcam > >that has those two capabilities, so that's why I am trying to get them > >to work with Free and OpenBSD. > > > >SC > > > >On 2/1/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > >> > >> The reason there's little interest in this is that webcams are > >> rapidly becoming completely self-contained. Lots of them today > >> have an ethernet port, and integrated webserver in the camera. > >> The need for a PC to be involved here for anything other than > >> running a web browser to display output is pretty questionable. > >> > >> When network address translation first came out the only way you > >> could get it was to used a modded open source UNIX on a PC with > >> 2 nics. Then Cisco came out with it so you could use their routers > >> to get it. Then linksys came out with cheap routers that had > >> it. Nowadays, only the diehards are running FreeBSD nat routers > >> with 2 nics in them. The same thing is happening with webcams. > >> > >> Ted > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Simon Chang > >> >Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:49 PM > >> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> >Subject: Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD > >> > > >> > > >> >Howdy, > >> > > >> >I happen to have been doing quite a bit of research in this area. > >> >What I wanted to do was to set up a *nix box with a webcam and a > >> >wireless NIC, so that I can mount the headless machine in the bedroom > >> >to keep an eye on our seven-month-old baby. (Link between the *nix > >> >box and the home private network will be encrypted using IPsec VPN.) > >> > > >> >What I have found so far are the following: > >> > > >> >1) The apps that I have found do not work with a wide > >variety of more > >> >recent makes of webcams. If you do a Google search on "FreeBSD > >> >webcam" or "OpenBSD webcam", you actually see some tools that > >> >purportedly work with QuickCam Express or QuickCam B/W (or > >Color), and > >> >a handful of other models. > >> > > >> >2) Logitech, the maker of QuickCam, used to make available technical > >> >specs and docs for the developers to write drivers with. > >> >Unfortunately, the company does not do that anymore, and anyone who > >> >wants to make a QuickCam-series work has to either reverse-engineer > >> >it, use available drivers and hope for the best, or run it under > >> >Windows. > >> > > >> >3) By contrast, NetBSD and some Linux distros (so far I've heard > >> >promising things about Fedora Core 4 and I think Gentoo) have more > >> >development work going on for webcams. If FreeBSD doesn't work for > >> >you, try some of the other *nixes. > >> > > >> >HTH, > >> > > >> >SC > >> > > >> >- Hide quoted text - > >> > > >> > > >> >On 1/29/06, Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I bought a fancy Quickcam (face-tracking), though I have no > >> >idea how to make > >> >> it work with FreeBSD. I installed qcamview, but when I run > >> >it as root, it > >> >> says "Not found Quickcam, or Permission denied". > >> >> > >> >> Anyone know anything about Quickcams on FreeBSD? I don't > >> >expect it to work, > >> >> but it would be cool if it did. There seems to be very > >> >little information > >> >> on the net about qcamview. > >> >> > >> >> I'd be happy to just snapshots with it. I'm using FreeBSD > >> >6.0 and Fluxbox. > >> >> The cam is USB 2.0. > >> >> > >> >> Any suggestions? > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> >> > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > >> >-- > >> >No virus found in this incoming message. > >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/240 - Release > >> >Date: 1/25/2006 > >> > > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.3/254 - Release Date: 2/8/2006 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- The Bleeber
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