Web Cam

[Vamp]

Does pandora (if possible) with a web cam sound good?

 

[kloplop321]

It wont be built in, however any Plug And Play Web Cams without special drivers should work. If a driver is needed, and the source is available, the driver can be compiled and integrated with the system to allow the use of the webcam that needs that driver.

short answer: Yes, it will work, any that do not work in current linux computers most likely will not work.

 

[Tokiopop]

That made no sense at all

But if you mean can you plug one in via USB, then yes, I think it can... If it has the drivers and whatnot for it

 

[mindlord]

This might come in handy.

 

[kloplop321]

Nice link Mindlord

 

[Gary13579]

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14991

Nice small portable webcam that has been confirmed to support Linux out of the box. Cheap as hell, too .

 

[BackAssward]

I still like these self supporting solutions, the volvox being the best idea:

http://www.akihabara...ls.php?id=12994
http://www.ubergizmo...ard_reader.html
http://usb.brando.co...p?prod_id=00434
http://www.geekalert...plo-usb-webcam/
http://www.umpcporta...webcam-ordered/

edit: Thanks to whoever cleaned up my links. I hate using the code tag, but didn't have any relevaqnt title for each link. Gotta find out how to do the link with an abbreviated link as the title.

 

[Sugar_Kane]

Every time I see someone enquiring about webcams I wonder, Does anyone ever use a webcam for anything other than showing their peen to girls? I really can't imagine a legitimate use for one.

 

[Monk]

Every time I see someone enquiring about webcams I wonder, Does anyone ever use a webcam for anything other than showing their peen to girls? I really can't imagine a legitimate use for one.

Well, presumably the girls use it for something else.

Based on my client base, it would seem that some young people (predominantly girls) use them as part of their social networking - so where you may use text messages, these kids actually videophone and videoconference. It's one way of being surer that the person you are talking to is not a dirty old man when you don't know them offline already.

 

[Dunny]

Every time I see someone enquiring about webcams I wonder, Does anyone ever use a webcam for anything other than showing their peen to girls? I really can't imagine a legitimate use for one.

My family all use them instead of a telephone, and most of the extended family members have them too. Video-chat built into GMail, so we can all natter to one-another without ringing up a phone bill. The only problem is that it's not terribly portable, but attaching a Webcam to a Pandora will be. Shame there isn't one built-in, and no room to mod one in

D.

 

[Trevsweb]

http://usb.brando.co...135c043d15.html the newer version here boasts better quality over the original.

thats the one for me and my "peen"
nah i use skype with my mates back home and sometimes my folks. not for peen activities though.


seriously though.. has anyone thought of ripping out a netbook or umpc webcam and modding it into the panda case?

 

[berichandcreamy]

Hey I have an extra webcam from an old laptop laying around. How would that even be possible?

Any idea what the highest quality cam a Pandora could support? High end web cam + Pandora = normal vid cam with internet capabilities? haha

 

[Miner49er]

I have tried about 4 webcams with linux and had very limited success. From not working at all to really dark images. It's annoying as hell. I have a cam setup (not for "peen" purposes*) but due to the lack of success of USB webcams, I just bought a tiny 'spycam' and hooked it up to a PCI capture card (via composite in - there is still a good use for analogue capture cards!).

I will look into http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14991 though - wish there was a UK seller.
I think it could be fun to have a webcam attached to the pandora. Dunno why though...


* my use was time-lapse imagery of plant growth (yunno, for shits and giggles)

 

[Gary13579]

I will look into http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14991 though - wish there was a UK seller.

The reason why DX is so cheap is because it's a Chinese based seller. I'm sure you could find that same camera on other sites, but for 2-3 times the price .

 

[Trip]

Well, presumably the girls use it for something else.

All the girls I know use them for putting on their make up. Never known any of them actually use a webcam for a conversation though

 

[Bosbeetle]

We should have gender specific pandora add-ons a mirror for girls a beer opener for guys

 

[Miner49er]

We should have gender specific pandora add-ons a mirror for girls/gays a beer opener for guys/lesbians

There, fixed that for ya. Oops, sorry I thought this was slashdot.

Edit: Missed a slash

 

[Bosbeetle]

We should have gender specific pandora add-ons a mirror for girls/gays a beer opener for guys/lesbians

There, fixed that for ya. Oops, sorry I thought this was slashdot.

Edit: Missed a slash

maybe I should have said a mirror for narcissists and a beer bottle opener for persons that regularly open a beer bottle

 

[Miner49er]

We should have gender specific pandora add-ons a mirror for girls/gays a beer opener for guys/lesbians

There, fixed that for ya. Oops, sorry I thought this was slashdot.

Edit: Missed a slash

maybe I should have said a mirror for narcissists and a beer bottle opener for persons that regularly open a beer bottle

Well, yes. I sometimes use a mirror and rarely require a bottle opener but I am neither gay, lesbian, male or female.
Come on, this is the nineties!

 

[musicalwoods]

Yeah, what about the genderf**ked?