From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 15 06:58:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E64C1065695 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1C38FC0C for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:58:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p57B3B43F.dip.t-dialin.net [87.179.180.63]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9B0C184401F; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:58:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (unknown [IPv6:fd73:10c7:2053:1::2:102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 476AE23F9; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:57:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.4/8.13.8/Submit) id o9F6vkYk077839; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:57:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.ec.europa.eu (pslux.ec.europa.eu [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:57:46 +0200 Message-ID: <20101015085746.2777497eh5r8tmio@webmail.leidinger.net> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:57:46 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Luigi Rizzo References: <20101004080136.GF11972@vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20101004122927.138867gqu4mf7kw0@webmail.leidinger.net> <20101004110534.GG11972@vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20101005114209.14272n4x7tmc91a8@webmail.leidinger.net> <20101014195533.GA40652@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <20101014195533.GA40652@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Dynamic Internet Messaging Program (DIMP) H3 (1.1.4) X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: 9B0C184401F.A5A4D X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=1.351, required 6, autolearn=disabled, RDNS_NONE 1.27, TW_WC 0.08) X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1287730689.48902@HYmnnX2Hwjt/v4Sh1Z/0iQ X-EBL-Spam-Status: No Cc: Multimedia discussions , Jashank Jeremy Subject: Re: Skype not getting video from webcam X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:58:13 -0000 Quoting Luigi Rizzo (from Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:55:33 +0200): > Hi, > I just tried (stable/8 as of end of 09-2010) skype 2.0.0.72 with > webcamd, and the video driver seems to get incorrect data, see > > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/doc/skype_webcamd.gif > > there are changing pixels in the first 8-10 rows > (160 pixels each in the preview) which seem to be related > to changes in the image. The remaining area is still though > not always the same in different runs of the program. > > The camera with pwcview works at 320x240 and 640x480, > but not at 352x288 (for the records, the same camera > under 7.x and linux-gspca-kmod did work also at other > resolutions, but linux-gspca-kmod is based on a different > version of gspca so the problem might be there). > > Any idea on how to track the issue ? Sounds like an issue in webcamd, but if you want to see what skype is telling to do, you can instrument the linuxulator code (linux_ioctl.h) to let ir print what skype wants to do. After that you may have a better idea at what to look at in webcamd. Bye, Alexander. -- A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137