[Discuss] Web Cam?

[Lloyd Budd]

Hi Vluggers,

I'm jealous of how seamless the webcam experience is on my wife's
macbook, so I want to use a web cam for video chat on skype with my PC
- Dell E520 running Ubuntu 8.04 (beta -- already a great release!),
and am wondering if anyone has any experience with any of them? I was
looking at the ones at future shop, but it is quite an assortment, but
other than price I can't really figure out what makes one better than
the next:

	Logitech QuickCam Chat With Headset 		$16.99
	Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX Webcam 		$33.99
	Logitech Quickcam Messenger Webcam		$50.99
	Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 		$67.99

Anyone using any of those with Linux? Prefer one over another?

I found
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCamerasLogitech
which seems very useful, but I'd also love some 1st hand exp from a
fellow VLugger.

http://www.buberel.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/260-Using-a-USB-Webcam-on-Ubuntu-Linux-to-produce-good-quality-video-captures-that-can-be-uploaded-to-YouTube-directly.html
is interesting as well.

http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices
Cryptic fun as usual -- if only they included the chip set on the box.

What other ways are you using your web cam on Linux?
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/12/13/setting-up-a-physical-security-camera/
?


Thanks,
Lloyd