Webcam recommendations

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Monday 21 March 2011 12:21:41 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> A side note: Hans, the above mentioned Philips SPC900NC shows up on
> plug-in as:
> 
> Feb  2 08:11:07 current root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0471 product
> 0x0329 bus uhub2
> 
> but in pwc.4 as 0471:0320; the source itself 
> v4l-dvb-abd3aac6644e/linux/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-if.c
> contains the correct value:
> 
> $ fgrep 0329 v4l-dvb-abd3aac6644e/linux/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-if.c
>         { USB_DEVICE(0x0471, 0x0329) }, /* Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera
>         */

I think this printout comes from somewhere else, like hald. Try starting 
webcamd without the -H option.

--HPS