Logitech Quickcam Express

From Jeremy Bryan Smith
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This ancient camera still works, thanks to the open-source drivers for Linux. It came about before the standard USB camera device class, so requires specific drivers.

Notes:

  • Resolution: 640x480
  • Don't even try to use this device unless it is the only USB device on the hub. It will break the use of any other USB device on the same hub.
  • So low quality, so it is best used as a simple motion detector these days, lol.


Resources:


Compiling:

 wget "https://sourceforge.net/projects/qce-ga/files/qc-usb/0.6.6/qc-usb-0.6.6.tar.gz/download" -o qc-usb-0.6.6.tar.gz
 tar zxvf qc-usb-X.XX.tar.gz
 cd qc-usb-0.6.6
 sudo apt-get install libv4l-dev
 make all

.... which is unfortunately not yet working on newer kernels.... :-(

TODO: Update this code.... please contact me if you have got this working :-)