Microdia Webcam 0c45:608f works!

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#1

I have an old crappy usb webcam + mic:

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0c45:608f Microdia PC Camera (SN9C103 + OV7630)

On OpenSuse 11.4 32bit, the mic worked out of the box, but there was no video. Following are the steps to make it work.

  1. Install v4l-tools:
sudo zypper install v4l-tools
  1. Try launching Cheese with the following command to check if it works:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
  1. If the video is upside down (it was for me)
export LIBV4LCONTROL_FLAGS=3
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
  1. Create a custom launcher for cheese:
    sudo nano /usr/bin/cheese-launcher

…and copy/paste the two lines from above

cheese-launcher

#!/bin/bash
export LIBV4LCONTROL_FLAGS=3
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese

… make it executable:
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/cheese-launcher

  1. Control Center -> Main Menu, edit the launcher for cheese and change the command from ‘cheese’ to ‘cheese-launcher’.
#2

WOW !! interesing ! thanks for the tip. it might work with an old web cam i have.

i wonder…