Now OBSOLETE use the in kernel module, If it did not work please Contact the Kernel People
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NEWS support Vimicro vc0323, upto 260 webcams ,Happy Christmas :).
until gspca v4l2 is finished, used:
gspcav1 "Generic Softwares Package for Camera Adapters" version 1.00.20 date: 24/12/2007
for kernel up from 2.6.11 :
gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz
for kernel below 2.6.11:
spca5xx version 0.60.00-1: spca5xx-v4l1goodbye.tar.gz
List of Known Webcams: Known Cameras
Thanks for spca5xx SPONSORS
If you need a working driver, Donation of Webcams, should really welcome:)
Working without hardware and Chips documentation is a challenge !!
Remenber, the module is your's and you are not alone :)
A Nice Spca5xx VideoGrabber SpcaGui
press button, adjust sliders , select choice in control box ,take jpeg picture
and smart avi file MJPG or I420 codec
->Spcaview is able to stream, record and play video and sound in MJPG I420 RGB16 RGB24 or RGB32 and raw data RAWD
Norme PAL, SECAM, NTSC and Channel CBVS or S-VIDEO for usbgrabber can be selected.
Spcaview is also able to connect a TCP stream from Spacserv server
->Spcaserv multithread streaming server over TCP (use jpeg compressor hardware or use an embedded jpeg software encoder)
->Spcacat simple picture grabber (like videodog but used the jpeg compressor hardware from some webcams or use an embedded jpeg software encoder)
Works with spca5xx zr364xx based cam and others with Read or Mmap method
A tool to convert SP54 codec from Sunplus to a movie playable MJPG avi file.
Usage : sp54convert infile outfile
The tool test the Fourcc of the file infile if this is a SP54, it's converted in MJPG
Thanks to Piotr Pawlow who port sp54convert to windoze sp54convert.tar.gz