Cheap Webcam for GNU/ Linux

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

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.

Submitted by Ajay Pal Singh Atwal on June 13, 2007 - 11:36pm. categories [ GNU/ Linux ] Ajay Pal Singh Atwal's blog | 7052 reads

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about web cam
Submitted by Pradeep Bhaskar (not verified) on October 26, 2009 - 12:04pm.

i want to intex web cam soft

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download intexpccamera driver
Submitted by abbas (not verified) on May 17, 2009 - 9:53am.

Hi . sir need driver for windowxp intex pc camera 301B ples help me

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Intex webcam hangs PC
Submitted by christian christopher (not verified) on January 15, 2009 - 11:04pm.

Hi there,
I'm from gujarat, I tried the Intex webcam setuo , I installed gspca from Synaptic (gspca-2.6.18/ for pentium 4, I have that :)) but as I ran Ekiga and test for Video signal the PC hangs , Do I really need to report bug ? to whom and How ?,I also tried that with camorama and camstream but PC just gets hang ???, I'm on Debian 4.0 etch/kernel 2.6.18-6-686, How can I solve this ? Please help me !

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Submitted by Ajay Pal Singh Atwal on January 27, 2009 - 4:01pm.

Hi what does lsusb says
i.e. run lsusb command from console and see what is the USB vendor ID: Product ID, find compatible drivers from the website matching your USB vendor:product ID

Also check for error messages in /var/log/messages at the time you connect the webcam.

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