webcam

[motis]

Hello

how can I use a webcam?
dmesg:
ugen0: STMicroelectronics USB Dual-mode Camera, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2
usbdevs:
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
addr 2: USB Dual-mode Camera, STMicroelectronics
it should work whith STV0680 but I don't know which program can handle it.

Thanks and greetings

[TerryP]

Web cams generally don't work well under FreeBSD...



There is the pwcbsd, linux-ov511-kmod, and linux-gspca-kmod driver ports that suppose some webcams using drivers ported from Linux.


I'm not sure if the linux-kmod-compat port would allow the STV0680 drive to compile from sources or not (let along work, or work stably) but you could try it if you like.


http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD ... d_kld.html

[adhytiawsasmita]

i have laptop with integrated web cam

[adhytia@freebsd ~]$ dmesg | grep ugen
ugen0: SuYin Acer CrystalEye webcam, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
[adhytia@freebsd ~]$


how can i use this webcam ?

Regards

Adhytia WS

[Oko]

i have laptop with integrated web cam

[adhytia@freebsd ~]$ dmesg | grep ugen
ugen0: SuYin Acer CrystalEye webcam, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
[adhytia@freebsd ~]$


how can i use this webcam ?

Regards

Adhytia WS

Install MS Windows operating system and the drivers for your camera which you can probably find at the web-site of the company which manufactures your laptop.

[adhytiawsasmita]

it is from http://www.suyin.com/

the laptop is Acer 4315

[Oko]

it is from http://www.suyin.com/

the laptop is Acer 4315

Even the web-site can not be open properly with FreeBSD because it is using so much flash. how do you expect laptop to work with FreeBSD?

If you really want to use web-cam with *BSD your best bet is OpenBSD and its
uvideo driver for UVC compliant USB cameras. If your laptop is Windows Vista
compatible you are in business as Vista has drivers only for UVC video devices.
FreeBSD has no real support for web-cams to speak of. You can look for some of my older posts in which I described the state of USB camera support by FreeBSD in detail.

[adhytiawsasmita]

because nowaday on the internet era, the killer application is unified communication, like video conferencing...
internet not just for email dan browsing again.....

[Blaine99]

I have been through your post, it's been really interesting and informative. Well, i'm looking to have a screen sharing software on my desktop. What would you suggest ? Any help is appreciable.
Thanks in advance.

[Darian]

Hi motis,

Solution for your problem is to download new drivers for your webcam from the vendor's Website and follow the instructions in manual.As I have come across a site in the net, webcamestores, I would suggest you to visit that site, so that you can get some solution out there.