[Cialug] Streaming USB webcam video

[Dan Hockey]

The latest version of virtualbox will let your VM use the host usb ports but it requires
addtional software and its kinda a pain to setup. I've got this working in Meerkat with a win2k vm talking to a basic stamp through a usb to serial converter.
-dan

--- On Wed, 11/23/11, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:

From: Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Streaming USB webcam video
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 12:53 PM

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:46 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> A better solution would be to install VirtualBox and just build a VM for
> the envrionment you need (Windoze OR Linux).

Unfortunately that doesn't work very well if you need access to
hardware like a webcam.


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