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Re: [LUG] webcams



On Tuesday 14 September 2004 20:34, Julian Hall wrote:


You read my mind Jon :)  I use Yahoo Messenger in Windows on the laptop
and I'd *like* to use it in Linux too.  The problem is the current Linux
version does not support a webcam function.  Does anyone know of a Linux
IM app that is compatible with the major IMs AND has a webcam function?

BTW I'm using a Logitech Quickcam Home USB.. is this likelly to work in
Linux anyway?

Check out this page for Logitech drivers, I think the quickcam may be ok, 
unfortunately my Logitech messenger is totally unsupported. 

http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~tuukkat/quickcam/quickcam.html

I also have a web cam go plus (creative) which is well supported but its a few 
years old now and the picture quality is no where near as good as the (new) 
Logitech.

IM Clients with full video support are still lacking, I believe very new 
versions of GAIM (gaim-vv or somthing, its a code fork from the main 
development) support (with some extra libs and stuff) at least one way video 
from MSN and yahoo (recieve only i think). The only real solution is still 
H323 type stuff like Gnomemeeting compatable with NetMeeting but this is a 
pain as it is not as widely used as other IM systems. I assume that if the 
fork of gaim can support one way video two way can't be far behind?

Regards

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