RE: time-lapse webcam software

I've got a QuickCam Fusion running just fine under linux.
you'll need the spca5xx driver, and a program called luvcview.

I ended up making a couple of mods to luvcview to make it easier
to to frame-grabs, but the basic program works pretty well.

Note that this requires v4l version 2, so it's still a little experimental.

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> On Behalf Of bob@estimations
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:29 PM
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: time-lapse webcam software
>
> I'm looking for some software to automatically grab a still
> image from a webcam (or other digital camera?) once every
> hour or so. They just started construction on a new office
> building right outside my office window, and I thought it
> would be cool to make a time-lapse video of it over the next
> few months.
>
> I just bought a logitech quickcam Orbit MP webcam, but upon
> installation discovered that the bundled (winXP) software
> can't do what I'm looking for. Don't know if I should take it
> back and get something else, or if there might be 3rd party
> software that would work (free or cheap would be nice. And
> either linux of WinXP would be of interest.)
>
> The camera is capable of taking 640x480 and 1.3 MPixel still
> images, has a nice wide angle of view, and auto light
> compensation. I'm thinking that 1.3 MP would make a %i(way)
> too huge a video, but it would be nice to have something a
> bit better than 640x480 -- 600x800, maybe?
>
> Any hints, tips, tricks, ideas would be appreciated.
>
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