On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 02:58:05PM +1100, YH wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just got a logitech quickcam webcam and I was told that I can use the
> qtvidcap to capture the video in avi format without requiring a video capture
> card. But I was running with an error "/dev/video cannot open (is a
> directory)". What am I missing? My PC is RH 7.1.

Your WebCam has to be supported by kernel video driver - so
you will have to check if the driver for this card is correctly loaded.

Also probably the best idea is to check google if your webcam works 
with linux.


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