Hi Bernard, On Friday 16 January 2009, b.michaud wrote: > Hi Laurent, > > Laurent Pinchart a écrit : > > Hi Bernard, > > > > On Thursday 15 January 2009, b.michaud wrote: > >>[snip] > >> > >> But it appears not to work with kernel modules of 2.6.27.7-server-1mnb > >> kernel (mandriva 2009.0 distrib), and moreover, its id is 0x041e:4055 > >> and not 0x041e:4063 as it is reported. > > > > This probably means Creative Labs released different products under the > > same commercial name. > > You are right, and obviously it exists at least two different devices of > the same name, and this is confusing when trying to buy a cam known by > its name on the supported list. Maybe a a warning should be issued to > the supported device list to prevent a mistake.
Good point. I've added a note the the linux-uvc webpage. > > Could you please read http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/faq and apply the > > instructions to find out if your camera is UVC compatible ? [..] > > > > Laurent Pinchart > > The this test has failed : the device is not a UVC : so I propose to add > a comment in the device list to warn potential users : 0x041e:0x04055 is > NOT a UVC device, whereas it bears the same commercial name as > 0x041e:0x04063 : Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro, which I suppose to be > a working UVC cam. > > And there was no means to know the vendor-id:device-id before buying the > object and trying to install it. A bad experience. I shall try to > exchange this cam with a real UVC one at the reailer's. Best regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
