On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:03:26 -0700 (PDT), Robert Kopp wrote:
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> I have used a number of operating systems, including Linux and
> FreeBSD, and am thinking about adding OpenBSD to the list. (This
> would be i386, or amd64 if the latter has enough features: my
> hardware will support it). I use a UVC Webcam with Linux, and it
> would increase my motivation to try OpenBSD if such equipment would
> also work with that OS. I heard that 4.4 offered "partial" support,
> and there are more recent releases than that. Has anyone here tried
> using such a Webcam (say, with Skype or Ekiga?). Skype probably
> doesn't work unless Linux emulation is pretty well-developed, as with
> FreeBSD, but there should be a native port of Ekiga.
> 
>  
> Robert "Tim" Kopp 
> http://analytic.tripod.com/
> 

From my personal experiences -- I wouldn't count on Skype. I could get
it to run, but I couldn't make it display cyrillic characters
properly and it worked somewhat oddly, ultimately it would freeze up
after a few minutes of work.
USB webcams work.