Interestingly, on Linux it's able to take still pictures at a higher resolution than Windows. I ended up getting a Logitech HD Webcam C525 (046d:0826) which was marked as "Works" on the UVC list. So, Fedora users, what have been your experiences with webcams? Any suggestions for cameras that work to their full potential under Linux? So, ideally, a new webcam I get should be able to record video just fine on Cheese too (if there's some known issue with Cheese in particular where almost no cameras can record video very well, then ignore this point). I've only seen one camera work with video recording, and it was an integrated one. Maybe a frame or two gets into the video, but then it lags for a long time and there's usually not even any audio that was captured. I've tested this app with many different cameras (most of which were integrated into notebooks), and in almost all cases when trying to record video, it doesn't work very well: maybe for a half second it works, then Cheese starts freezing and stuttering and needing to be forcefully shut down, and the resulting ogv file is just as bad as Cheese looked while recording. I want a new webcam to work better than this.Īnother criteria of "works" would be the Cheese webcam app.
So, it "works" on Linux, it just doesn't work to its full potential. The camera supports 1.3 MP, but under Linux it can only get a resolution up to 640x480.
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I've seen the UVC compatibility chart, but the definition of "works" can mean varying degrees of what actually works.įor example, the webcam I have now which I wanna upgrade is a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX. What are the best webcams for Linux these days?