Re: [linux-uvc-devel] Creative Optia AF is NOT UVC compliant - bought a Logitech C615 and it works flawlessly on either Ubuntu 12.04 or Mint.

[Laurent P. <lau...@id...>]

Hi Brian,

On Saturday 25 August 2012 17:46:50 brian mullan wrote:
> I also had the Creative Optia AF and although at one time it did work with
> linux (couple years ago) something in Video4Linux (V4L) changed and it is
> no longer possible to get it working.
> 
> After a couple months of on again off again troubleshooting and research I
> concluded that the Optia AF is NOT UVC compliant despite its being marked
> as such in the v4l webcam list --- that should be changed as I found
> an incredible number of people with the Creative Optia AF that just cannot
> get it to work with current linux versions (fedora, mint or ubuntu).

Could you provide some more information about this ? What kind of problem have 
you run into ? According to its USB descriptors the Optia AF is UVC-compliant. 
I unfortunately don't own one of those cameras, so I can't test it myself.

> So doing a little more research I found that its much less aggravation to
> just go out and buy a new webcam.
> 
> I settled on the C615 which is also 1080p or 720p HD and has a 8 megapixel
> camera.  Came home, plugged Logitech C615 and immediately it was recognized
> by Ubuntu 12.04 and worked.
> 
> So far I have used the following programs with it flawlessly:
> 
>    1. camorama (sudo apt-get install camorama)
>    2. guvcview (sudo apt-get install guvcview)
>    3. skype (sudo apt-get install skype)
> 
> 
> I am so glad I stopped screwing around trying to get that older Optia AF
> webcam to work as it was just a waste of time.
> 
> This Logitech C615's picture and microphone/audio is just awesome.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart