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how do i get my webcam to work in ubuntu 8.04 (hardy)

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Would someone give me advice on getting my web-cam to work in ubuntu 8.04 (hardy). Please note that i am new to ubuntu and dont understand a lot of the tech jargon, so please explain in layman terms. thanks

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

What brand and model of webcam?

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Jeff Rasmussen (jeffrasmussen) said : 		#2

Please give us a copy of lspci to show us what webcam you are using.

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ian (salmonperch) said : 		#3

sorry, i may have misled, its actually a camera that can be used as a PC camera, model is Hitachi, model name is HDC-561E. i have had it working with windows explorer using yahoo messenger but im kinda stumped in Ubuntu

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#4

This is not a webcam at all but a plain old (no offence intended) digital camera. You will need a programme that will manage your photos such as F-Spot Photo Manager. It should be already installed under Applications, Graphics. If it is not, then access Add/Remove (via Applications) and install it from there.
That will identify your camera when it is plugged in.

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ian (salmonperch) said : 		#5

Andre i realise its a plain old (no offennce taken ) digital camera, but if i can get it to work in windows with yahoo messenger why cant i get it to work in Ubuntu. Its like baking a cake if you dont have the ingredients, no cake.

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John Poole (jtphoenixga) said : 		#6

Well I have a standard USB WebCam that I can't get to work on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and so far that I know of, the system detects my camera, it just won't allow me to use it. What's going on? Can someone instruct me on how to get it working? Any help is appreciated.

Below is a syslog snapshot:

Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [0] Motion 3.2.9 Started
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [0] ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3352064 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3344896
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [1] cap.driver: "uvcvideo"
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [1] cap.card: "USB Web Camera"
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [1] cap.bus_info: "0000:00:1f.2"
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [1] cap.capabilities=0x04000001
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [1] - VIDEO_CAPTURE
Dec 29 15:08:27 ibmnetvista motion: [1] - STREAMING

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#7

john, this post has been marked as "Solved" by ian and is therefore closed. You will have to ask your question as a "new" question, adding it to someone else's question will not get you a reply.