

The cameras pictured here also include a built-in microphone. Higher quality webcams also may have higher quality microphones that generate less noise and do a better job recording your voice. An example is the Logitech C615 that has 1080p resolution and can be mounted on a tripod for under $50. This is especially true of you plan to use a camera's zoom feature. Higher quality cameras with glass lenses and higher resolution might be better for videoconferencing with an entire class. This feature makes such cameras more portable and so easier to use in a lab environment. Some cameras require software to function at all, while others (the Dynex pictured here for instance) can simply be plugged into any USB port, without installing its own drivers, to interface with other software (such as Skype). Today's webcams are a huge improvement in image quality compared to those in use when we began teaching this course. It allows you to set the image resolution (size)Īs well as other characteristics of the images. Video clips, and also providing a variety of other functions such as remote monitoring, motion detection, or time lapse video. Manages taking single photographs and saving them in a variety of image file formats, capturing short There are many different webcams available with a wide range of hardware and software features. Via a USB connection (high speed serial connection). Webcams come with proprietary software and attach to the computer USB Video Class driver (v0.1.Webcams & Desktop Videoconferencing Current

usbcore: deregistering interface driver uvcvideo

process `skype' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Dynex 1.3MP Webcam (19ff:0102) usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio The video doesn't work on Cheese (I've read about a bug there on Intrepid), but works fine on luvcview.

Various posts have suggested trying the cam on Cheese and luvcview. The weird thing is that the mic works fine on Skype, but the video isn't picked up. I'm using Intrepid and the latest version of Skype freshly downloaded from the repository. It's a Dynex 1.3MP USB cam with an integrated mic. I'm having problems getting Skype to pick up the video from my webcam.
