Hello Laurent > Among those cameras I've only tested the Creative and Logitech webcams > personally. You shouldn't list the Logitech QuickCam Fusion, as it has a bad > firmware bug that makes Linux support unreliable. > > Check http://www.quickcamteam.net/hcl/linux/logitech-webcams for more > information about Logitech webcams.
Ok thanks for info, I will remove the QuickCam Fusion. I see also according to http://www.quickcamteam.net/hcl/linux/logitech-webcams that this device is not stricly uvc compatible. >> We would be also interested to indicate on each product description, if >> the vendor of the product, or the chipset maker for that matters had >> been helpful with developers trying to write a free driver. So for the >> devices mentionned above, was any of the vendor helpful by providing >> programming documentation or hardware ? >> >> If yes we will mention it on the product description with an extra tag >> like "programmer friendly". > > I asked Microsoft for hardware samples and they simply ignored my request. > Nothing surprising there, although I've heard from another developer that it > largely depends on who you contact in the company. > > I haven't had any contact with Hercules. > > Creative Labs offered a free Optia webcam. My contact there was very > friendly, > and welcomed the Linux UVC driver project. > > Logitech has proved the most supportive so far. I've received hardware > samples > and documentation. They set up a community website at > http://www.quickcamteam.net/ for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows users and > developers. You can definitely flag them as programmer friendly and Linux > friendly, at least for their webcam department. Thank you this is exactly the kind of information I was looking for. I will then label Logitech and Creative Labs as "programmer friendly" for the webcams we reference. -- Emmanuel Kasper System Administrator www.libera.cc Find, compare, buy Linux & FreeBSD compatible hardware
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