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>The Webcam HOWTO</TITLE
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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NAME="AEN2"
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>The Webcam HOWTO</H1
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CLASS="AUTHOR"
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NAME="AEN4"
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>Howard Shane</A
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CLASS="ADDRESS"
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> <TT
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HREF="mailto:hshane[AT]austin.rr.com"
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>hshane[AT]austin.rr.com</A
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</P
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VALIGN="TOP"
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>Revision History</B
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><TD
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>Revision 1.61</TD
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><TD
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>2005-02-21</TD
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>Revised by: jhs</TD
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><TD
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COLSPAN="3"
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>Update on revived Philips Webcam driver development</TD
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>Revision 1.6</TD
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>2005-01-02</TD
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>Revised by: jhs</TD
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><TD
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>Errata fixed, some rewrites for readability, new chipsets and updates</TD
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>Revision 1.1</TD
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>2004-01-12</TD
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>Revised by: jhs</TD
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>Update for 2.6 series kernel release and info on
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NW802-based webcams</TD
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>Revision 1.0</TD
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>2003-12-04</TD
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><TD
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>Revised by: JP</TD
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>Initial Release /
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Reviewed by TLDP</TD
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>Revision 0.5</TD
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>2003-11-07</TD
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>Revised by: jhs</TD
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>Final revision
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after v4l mailing list feedback</TD
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>Revision 0.1</TD
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>2003-10-12</TD
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>Initial draft posted</TD
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NAME="AEN41"
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> This document was written to assist the reader in the steps
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necessary to configure and use a webcam within the Linux operating system.</P
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><HR></DIV
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><DT
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><B
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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HREF="intro.html"
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>Introduction</A
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>1.1. <A
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HREF="intro.html#COPYRIGHT"
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>Copyright Information</A
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>1.2. <A
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HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER"
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>Disclaimer</A
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><DT
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>1.3. <A
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HREF="intro.html#NEWVERSIONS"
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>New Versions</A
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>1.4. <A
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HREF="intro.html#CREDITS"
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>Credits</A
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>1.5. <A
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HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK"
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>Feedback</A
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><DT
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>1.6. <A
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HREF="intro.html#CONVENTIONS"
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>Conventions Used in this Document</A
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>2. <A
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>Enabling Support for Your (Webcam) Hardware in Linux</A
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>2.1. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#DRIVER-INTRO"
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>Drivers and Modules</A
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>2.2. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#CONNECTION"
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>Supporting the Connection Type</A
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><DT
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>2.3. <A
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HREF="hardware.html#MODELS"
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>Specific Webcam Models</A
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><DT
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>3. <A
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>Accessing the Video Device</A
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>3.1. <A
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HREF="dev-intro.html#DEV-MANUAL"
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>The Video Devices Node</A
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></DT
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="dev-intro.html#PERMISSIONS"
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>Groups and Permissions</A
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><DT
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>4. <A
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>Framegrabbing Applications</A
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>4.1. <A
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HREF="framegrabbers.html#COMMAND"
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>Command Line Programs</A
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>GUI(Grapical User Interface)-Based Programs</A
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>Troubleshooting</A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html#IDCHIP"
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>Help, I have a USB webcam and don't know exactly what model it is and/or who the manufacturer is. What do I do?</A
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></DT
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>5.2. <A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html#NODEV"
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>Help, I can't find the camera device in
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/dev</TT
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>!</A
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>5.3. <A
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>Help, I can see the camera device (both in person and as a device node in <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/dev</TT
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>), but I
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can't access it!</A
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>5.4. <A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html#SRC"
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>Help, my camera has a driver that is source-only,
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i.e., has to be built by me! Where do I start?</A
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>5.5. <A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html#DEBSRC"
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>I am using Debian GNU/Linux. Is there an easier way to go through all this kernel compiling stuff and building of source modules?</A
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>5.6. <A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html#PATCH"
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>Help, my camera is supported by a driver that
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has to be patched into my kernel! What do I do?</A
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>5.7. <A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html#MOREHELP"
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>Help--as in, where can I get more of it?</A
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>5.8. <A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html#V4L"
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>Help, I want to contribute to Video4Linux
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support in Linux! Who do I get in touch with?</A
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>A. <A
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>Gnu Free Documentation License</A
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