[wellylug] dse webcams

[John C Barstow]

On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 16:01 +1300, Jamie Baddeley wrote:
> what luck have people had with these?
> 
> currently trying to make this:
> http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/439b95d8062c1882273fc0a87f99071a/Product/View/XH5146
> work...
> 
Have not seen that model yet.

> no luck yet - any tips?
> 
> I've tracked down the sn9c10x kernel module and installed that but
> gnomemeeting still says it can't see any video driver..
> 
> am thinking of this:
> http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/439b95d8062c1882273fc0a87f99071a/Product/View/XH5096
> 
> anyone had this one going?

This one's a bit easier; I've had it working for some time. It uses an
ov519 chip. The stock kernel driver for the ov51x series at this time
still does not support it (frames are actual JPEGs rather than standard
video format), but there is a patched driver available that works
beautifully with the DSE model.

http://www.rastageeks.org/ov51x-jpeg/index.php/Main_Page

Also the built-in microphone seems to be configured just fine as a
standard USB audio device.

For the record, the DSE tablet support is also getting better; the
aiptek driver has seen a lot of development in the last month or so;
while X.org is in lock down for the 7.0 release the new modular
architecture means distros will be able to update drivers much faster.