Video-In Solutions for Linux?

Greyfox asks: "I would like to set my Linux box up with a webcam-like video-in solution. I need something with reasonably high (At least 640x480x8bpp) resolution and a well documented video stream. Proprietary hardware or compression is right out. Any suggestions as to hardware I should look at? "

me too

[josepha48]

well I am sort of interested in the same thing..I am thinkning of setting up a fish cam, so that I can put movies of my fish up on the web. like at a certain time of the day when I am not at home have my machine take picts of the fish.. then connect tot eh internet and upload them.. the connect and upload is the easier part .. I am more interested in teh various types of video input systems for LINUX .. should be 640x480 and min of 15fps but prefer 30fps.. also need color.. they are colorful fish.. .. any suggestions on video input devices..

30fps 640x480

[heroine]

The best I get on a dual Celeron 545 with a Hauppage capture board is 9fps for 640x480. Maybe a dual xeon gets 30% better. That might get you 12fps for $1500. 9fps 640x480 looks damn good, mind you, especially if you crop it to 16:9. Forget about uploading 640x480 to the web. 240x180 9fps is a better goal for web uploads. Either way, unless you intend to pay for it, you're writing your own capture software.