QuickCam Go on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Linux
Hmm.. it saved a considerable amount of time for me.
uname -a
Linux maxin-desktop 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
At first I have tested it in the Ekiga Phone Software. Later decided to do something interesting with that. So I have installed ‘motion’ in Ubuntu Linux
sudo apt-get install motion
About Motion: ” motion uses a video4linux device for detecting movement. It makes snapshots of the movement which can be converted to MPEG movies in realtime (or later for low cpu usage), making it usable as an observation or security system”
Output of motion in Ubuntu Linux using my Logitech Quickcam Go webcam
It runs a webserver on port 8081 in my machine. I will be able to monitor whether somebody is present in front of my pc (or if the ‘motion’ is installed in my home pc, I can check whether somebody is intruding my home or not) using an ordinary web browser.
Just installed motion myself. I have a built-in on my laptop and would like to integrate motion into my theft detection program (just for the fun of it, don’t actually expect my laptop to get stolen) the problem is I don’t know of a way to turn off the indicator led for the camera in linux. Logitech’s software allows you to turn it off in windows, but no clue how to configure anything like that in linux.
You are so totally right (write!)
Hi, read the Kernel driver code and I am sure that you will find an ioctl to do it.
Regards,
Maxin B. John
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