On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:59 pm, Thomas Runge wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> >> This side belongs to the developer of Linux' ov511-driver. He
> >> lists a *lot* of cams. I usually got to eBay and compare with
> >> this side to get the right cam. Unfortunately, these cheap
> >> cameras are not built for 24/7 work. My cameras die after some
> >> month, but they are cheap enough.
> >
> > The Creativ Webcam is based on OV511 and has been operational 24/7 for
> > some time without any ill affects.
>
> As you can see on mentioned website
> (http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html), there is no thing
> like THE Creative Webcam. There are plenty and I can count 8 or 9
> chipsets. You are lucky to own one which has an ov511 :)

Yep, the model used here is a WebCam 3

Thanks for pointing out these interesting websites. I'm still hoping that one 
day we see something like V4L on BSD.

cheerio Berndt