Comments on: Webcam and VMware http://justindow.com/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/ Another day in the life of… well, me! Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: jabba http://justindow.com/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-198 jabba Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:58:38 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/#comment-198 Yes, I am running the same version of VMware and I get the same device name in VM -> Removable Devices -> USB Devices. I did have some trouble at first where after I installed the drivers, I had to shut down the guest, exit VMware, unplug the camera, plug it back in, restart VMware, start the guest, wait for it to boot up, and then enable the Logitech USB Device. It seemed to work the second time. Thanks for the link on seamless virtualization! Yes, I am running the same version of VMware and I get the same device name in VM -> Removable Devices -> USB Devices. I did have some trouble at first where after I installed the drivers, I had to shut down the guest, exit VMware, unplug the camera, plug it back in, restart VMware, start the guest, wait for it to boot up, and then enable the Logitech USB Device. It seemed to work the second time. Thanks for the link on seamless virtualization!

]]> By: Jaume http://justindow.com/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Jaume Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:26:25 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/#comment-197 I've got the same camera model but Windows doesnt't recognize it as a webcam, but unknown device, with the drivers already installed. What text do you have when you enable the device in the VM -> Removable devices -> USB Devices ? I've got Logitech USB device, and I think that's the key to get it working, but I am not sure. What version of VMWare Server do you use? I am at 1.0.2. When I get the webcam working on XP guest, I think the best way is to use seamless virtualization ( rdesktop + seamlessrdp + xp on a vm): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SeamlessVirtualization I’ve got the same camera model but Windows doesnt’t recognize it as a webcam, but unknown device, with the drivers already installed. What text do you have when you enable the device in the VM -> Removable devices -> USB Devices ? I’ve got Logitech USB device, and I think that’s the key to get it working, but I am not sure. What version of VMWare Server do you use? I am at 1.0.2.
When I get the webcam working on XP guest, I think the best way is to use seamless virtualization ( rdesktop + seamlessrdp + xp on a vm): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SeamlessVirtualization

]]> By: jabba http://justindow.com/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-196 jabba Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:32:44 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/#comment-196 Well after a little further testing, I was indeed able to establish a video connection in Skype for Windows running under VMware in Linux, however the quality was pretty terrible compared to using Windows Live Messenger to do a video call with the same person on the other end. And you are right about Skype playing tricks with TCP/IP. It does indeed do some crazy routing with their proprietary peer-to-peer protocol. I think I will probably discontinue its use for a while until they can at least make a stable up-to-date Linux client. Well after a little further testing, I was indeed able to establish a video connection in Skype for Windows running under VMware in Linux, however the quality was pretty terrible compared to using Windows Live Messenger to do a video call with the same person on the other end.

And you are right about Skype playing tricks with TCP/IP. It does indeed do some crazy routing with their proprietary peer-to-peer protocol. I think I will probably discontinue its use for a while until they can at least make a stable up-to-date Linux client.

]]> By: Daniel http://justindow.com/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Daniel Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:48:40 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/03/10/webcam-and-vmware/#comment-195 Uhm. Are you SURE Skype works? It "runs" but have you actually established a video exchange with anyone? I could connect to the echo tester, but when I try to connect to people, the connection gets dropped. There are definitely issues with the networking part of it from everything I have read. (If I were to guess, Skype is probably playing tricks with TCP/IP that aren't expected when translated into a Linux setting.) Anyway, the program runs and you can see yourself when the webcam is activated. But try to connect and establish a stream and it shuts off pretty quickly. Uhm. Are you SURE Skype works? It “runs” but have you actually established a video exchange with anyone? I could connect to the echo tester, but when I try to connect to people, the connection gets dropped. There are definitely issues with the networking part of it from everything I have read. (If I were to guess, Skype is probably playing tricks with TCP/IP that aren’t expected when translated into a Linux setting.)

Anyway, the program runs and you can see yourself when the webcam is activated. But try to connect and establish a stream and it shuts off pretty quickly.

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