Getting my webcam to work on Linux, reprise
I bought a new webcam because the quality of my other one was quite poor. I decided to go for the Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 since it supports UVC, a standard for streaming video. Because it follows a standard it should be well supported even in the future.
How I managed to get it working on my Linux machine:
- Remove webcam from box
- Insert USB cable into the machine
- ...profit!
It was that simple. The camera was instantly recognized by Skype and mplayer. The microphone wasn't detected though, I was lacking the kernel option for USB Audio devices; I build my kernels as mean as possible, I imagine this isn't a problem for most people since it will be turned on with most distro kernels. Just for future reference, the following options were needed:
CONFIG_SND_USB=y
CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO=y
CONFIG_V4L_USB_DRIVERS=y
CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS=y
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