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 Jan 16 2010, 12:22 AM
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 Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots.  Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291  |
Alright, I've just stumbled into a serious problem. I have a built-in webcam on my laptop, but it uses a program called CyberLink YouCam 3.0. I had the program on Windows already before, but now that I've switched to Linux, I've searched and searched for torrents and archives to download a copy and they all fail to fulfill my task.
 So, question is, do I really need CyberLink YouCam 3.0 to get my webcam to take pictures, videos, live streaming, and etc. or what?
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Jan 16 2010, 10:36 AM
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No, but you're going to need to find a Linux-compatible driver and software. Driver shouldn't be touch to find, and depending on your distro you may already have a compatible driver. As for software, that shouldn't be hard, either, but I don't use webcams with Linux so I can't help you there.
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Jan 16 2010, 12:29 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
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Jan 16 2010, 02:29 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
QUOTE(mipadi @ Jan 16 2010, 12:36 PM)  No, but you're going to need to find a Linux-compatible driver and software. Driver shouldn't be touch to find, and depending on your distro you may already have a compatible driver. As for software, that shouldn't be hard, either, but I don't use webcams with Linux so I can't help you there. Ah, ok, thanks for the information. Yeah, I already had a compatible driver so I just had to install software. Everything is all good now.  QUOTE(itanium @ Jan 16 2010, 02:29 PM) Thanks a ton, CJ. That really helped out, and I went ahead and installed Cheese, just because it seems simple and really all I need.  Alright, this topic may be closed now. |
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Jan 16 2010, 05:51 PM
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