HI,

I have bought a Philips SPC1000NC webcam, and it has been a struggle to
let it working on my suselinux. Anyway, it still has problems. I only can
use it by xawtv only, but not with skype nor msn, or, it works only
randomly, sometimes it work, mostly it doesn't, say 95% it doesn't, 5% it
works. something strange happens, for sometimes I see a /dev/video1 is
created, sometimes /dev/video0 is created. When it works with kopete, it
freezes when I close the setting page. I am getting crazy, so I have
decided to buy a better one. I need an high resolution one, easy to
install and using.

Francesco



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Ezechiele wrote:
> HI,
>
> I have bought a Philips SPC1000NC webcam, and it has been a struggle to
> let it working on my suselinux. Anyway, it still has problems. I only can
> use it by xawtv only, but not with skype nor msn, or, it works only
> randomly, sometimes it work, mostly it doesn't, say 95% it doesn't, 5% it
> works. something strange happens, for sometimes I see a /dev/video1 is
> created, sometimes /dev/video0 is created. When it works with kopete, it
> freezes when I close the setting page. I am getting crazy, so I have
> decided to buy a better one. I need an high resolution one, easy to
> install and using.
>
> Francesco
>
>
>


IF it works at all you are ahead of the game. Webcam support, lags miles
behind wireless, and you know where that is.

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:02:15 +0000, Ezechiele wrote:

> HI,
>
> I have bought a Philips SPC1000NC webcam, and it has been a struggle to
> let it working on my suselinux. Anyway, it still has problems. I only
> can use it by xawtv only, but not with skype nor msn, or, it works only
> randomly, sometimes it work, mostly it doesn't, say 95% it doesn't, 5%
> it works. something strange happens, for sometimes I see a /dev/video1
> is created, sometimes /dev/video0 is created. When it works with kopete,
> it freezes when I close the setting page. I am getting crazy, so I have
> decided to buy a better one. I need an high resolution one, easy to
> install and using.

http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html

Regards
Gordon

Gordon Darling wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:02:15 +0000, Ezechiele wrote:
>
>> HI,
>>
>> I have bought a Philips SPC1000NC webcam, and it has been a struggle to
>> let it working on my suselinux. Anyway, it still has problems. I only
>> can use it by xawtv only, but not with skype nor msn, or, it works only
>> randomly, sometimes it work, mostly it doesn't, say 95% it doesn't, 5%
>> it works. something strange happens, for sometimes I see a /dev/video1
>> is created, sometimes /dev/video0 is created. When it works with kopete,
>> it freezes when I close the setting page. I am getting crazy, so I have
>> decided to buy a better one. I need an high resolution one, easy to
>> install and using.
>
> http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html

Dear Gordon,

this URL is about camera's, but the question is about webcams.

> Regards
> Gordon

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Ezechiele wrote:

>
> HI,
>
> I have bought a Philips SPC1000NC webcam, and it has been a struggle to
> let it working on my suselinux. Anyway, it still has problems. I only can
> use it by xawtv only, but not with skype nor msn, or, it works only
> randomly, sometimes it work, mostly it doesn't, say 95% it doesn't, 5% it
> works. something strange happens, for sometimes I see a /dev/video1 is
> created, sometimes /dev/video0 is created. When it works with kopete, it
> freezes when I close the setting page. I am getting crazy, so I have
> decided to buy a better one. I need an high resolution one, easy to
> install and using.
>
> Francesco
>
>
>
The Philips SPC900NC/00 works out of the box in suse 10.3.
Works also in skype beta for linux, wxcam and camstream.
Resolution is 640x480 max.

-G-

Il Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:20:34 +0000, -G- ha scritto:


>>
> The Philips SPC900NC/00 works out of the box in suse 10.3. Works also in
> skype beta for linux, wxcam and camstream. Resolution is 640x480 max.
>
> -G-

Mine doesn't work.



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Ezechiele wrote:

> Il Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:20:34 +0000, -G- ha scritto:
>
>
>>>
>> The Philips SPC900NC/00 works out of the box in suse 10.3. Works also in
>> skype beta for linux, wxcam and camstream. Resolution is 640x480 max.
>>
>> -G-
>
> Mine doesn't work.

What program and what computer?

Mine does in 5 different machines.


-G-

>
> What program and what computer?


Skype (only very times), msn (only few times, and it freezes), xawtv (it
seems working good), wxcam (never worked)
I have an X86_64 OpenSuse 10.3




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>
> What program and what computer?
>
Skype (only very few times), msn (only few times, and it freezes), xawtv
(it
seems working good), wxcam (never worked) I have an X86_64 OpenSuse 10.3







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Ezechiele wrote:

>> What program and what computer?
>
> Skype (only very times),

Did you download the linux beta?
What do you get if you go to Options>Video Devices?

> msn (only few times, and it freezes), xawtv (it
> seems working good), wxcam (never worked)

wxcam works fine here.
MSN? Do you mean kopete or something like that?

> I have an X86_64 OpenSuse 10.3

Perhaps it is because you are running the 64 bit version of suse.
Do you really need the 64 bit?
Unless you have a particular need (e.g. very large RAM) you would be better
running the 32 bit, I think.

Cheers,

-G-