On 2008-08-04, new webcam <new_webcam@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> We found out that there are several webcams (Logitech, Creative,
> Philips,…) which work under linux, some of them needing extra
> drivers. However, we don’t want the webcam to just work, we have some
> “special” requirements to the software. It should be able to take a
> picture with the webcam every minute and save it (eg. yyyymmddhhmm…)
> so that we can use all the pictures later.
You’re confusing driver and other applications.
From you needs, I’d say you need a driver that ‘just works’, if only for
reliability and ease of installation.
Then, you need an application that can take an image every minute, and give
it a certain name. I imagine there must be several, look around.
I had a similar need, a few years back. I had found an app that would save
the pic to a ‘image.jpg’ file. So all it took was a little script to run
the app and rename the file as needed. Then, a cron job to run the script
every minute (within certain hours)… done !
Just get your choosen webcam to run, then find a simple (why not
command-line) tool o get 1 picture.
The rest is easy, I could even try to dig out the script I once wrote.
> Also, the webcam should have a decent resolution/number of megapixels,
> at least 4 to 8 megapixels, if possible. And, as I mentioned above, it
> should be a small, normal pc cam, no industrial outdoor webcam.
That, I feared, would take you out of the ‘small, normal pc cam’ range.
But I see logitech has an 8 Mpixel for 99EUR. So, I guess the main concern
will be the driver.
PS: also look into the possible use of a digital camera as a cam. If you
have one handy, you could put that to the same use.
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