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After a long wait finally I dared to install a (comparatively) cheap USB webcam, I bought from a local friendly neighbourhood computer goods vendor, on my GNU/ Linux machine. The make was Intex Night Vision Camera IT-305WC (as per the box) and the cost was INR 700/- (approximately USD 16).

I was hoping for a long night ahead but hey thanks to these guys, it was a breeze. Fortunately my webcam (USB vendor ID 0x0AC8 and Product ID 0x303B) was listed on this page with another brand name Vimicro (USB vendor ID 0x0AC8 and Product ID 0x303B). Then the usual download from the driver download page.

wget http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20070508.tar.gz
tar -zxvf gspcav1-20070508.tar.gz
cd gspcav1-20070508
make
sudo make install

And Plug and play. Detected as Generic Vimicro 303b and supports v4l (not v4l2).

Seems to works well, have tested with

• Ekiga (formally gnomemeeting)
• VLC
• Java Media Framework for Linux

Some bad video issues with kdetv.

The supported resolutions are

• 640x480
• 352x288
• 320x240
• 176x144

PS: Dont forget to check this http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ for more applications using v4l.