[KLUG Members] Webcam

[Bert]

With my birthday comming up, I need some advice about webcams (quess why 
;-) ). So I searched all the klug messages and found some messages 
dating from 07/2002.

<snip>
Bruce Smith wrote:

>>>I recently got a USB webcam working under Linux
>>>I picked up a:  CT6840- Creative Labs Video Blaster Webcam III - USB 1.0
>>>for $15.00 and it works great under Linux.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
</snip>

The price is nice but what application can I use best? I had no luck 
with usb so far. The only device I got working with usb is the mice...

I would like to make 'snapshots', every xx seconds, do a diff and with 
not enough difference only record that nothing has changed. So most 
likely the application is best command line based. Writing the 
application myself is an acceptable option as long I can get the images 
from the usb interface. 

tia,


Bert.