On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 21:43 -0500, Theodore Kilgore wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Andy Walls wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Interesting. To answer your question, I have no idea off the top of my 
> head. I do have what seems to be a similar camera. It is
> 
> Bus 005 Device 006: ID 0979:0371 Jeilin Technology Corp., Ltd
> 
> and the rest of the lsusb output looks quite similar. I do not know, 
> though, if it has any chance of working as a webcam. Somehow, the thought 
> never occurred to me back when I got the thing. I would have to hunt some 
> stuff down even to know if it is claimed to work as a webcam.

The packaging that mine came in claims "3-in-1":

digital video camcorder (with microphone)
digital camera
web cam


> You did say that it comes up as a different USB device when it is a 
> webcam? You mean, a different product ID or so?

Yes

Look for this in the original lsusb output I provided
:
> > Webcam mode:
> >
> > Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0979:0280 Jeilin Technology Corp., Ltd
> > Device Descriptor:

Regards,
Andy

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