USB camera

[jronpaul]

hope this hasnt already been covered.. i did a search and couldnt find anything.

I bought a generic USB inspection camera, aka endoscope
like this one
http://www.amazon.com/CrazyFire%C2%AE-W ... 02XW1HSB85

i can see it in dmseg.. but i cant get it to come into VLC.. i tried to install cheese.. but apt states its in a pkg called cheese-common..
i installed that but still no cheese.

dmesg info for camera
[1887525.717423] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 PC Cam (090c:037c)
[1887525.721874] input: USB 2.0 PC Cam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input14
[1887949.423980] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 6
[1887950.232497] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[1887950.259263] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=090c, idProduct=037c
[1887950.259271] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[1887950.259276] usb 3-2: Product: USB 2.0 PC Cam
[1887950.259280] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Image Processor

cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint 16 Petra \n \l
Linux ThinkPad-Edge-E545 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


apt-get install cheese
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package cheese is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
cheese-common

[jronpaul]

found cheese exe on my other mint server... copied it to my laptop... it works now..

LOL

[stan ellison]

I bought one of these a year or so ago and never got much use out of it. The software would just about creak along in Windows Vista but failed in Mint. After reading this thread I found Cheese in the Software Manager, installed it and WOW! So much better than with the original software. Thanks.

[Rearden]

Thank you for the cheese recommendation. I went to the website specified on the instructions and the site was dead. Installed cheese and launched and this little thing worked perfectly except the light wont light. This is going to be a great little addition to my amateur gunsmiths stuff once i get the light working.
Loving mint more everyday.