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Idea #2195: Better suport to webcams

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #97: Fix compatibility with webcams and microphone.
Written by willow the 1 Mar 08 at 14:31. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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I have a webcam but i can't use it because doensn't work in ubuntu.
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Written by willow the 1 Mar 08 at 14:31.
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sammyf70 wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 14:45
That's sadly not a problem with Ubuntu, it's the typical vendor lockdown on drivers and specs. It's indeed relatively bad for webcams , but there are at least open source drivers for logitech and philips webcams (even though they do not work as well as with the proprietary drivers)
Check http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6463/1/ for more informations (or google "linux webcam")



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