Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:03:35 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> Cc: Multimedia discussions <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org>, Jashank Jeremy <jashank.jeremy@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: Skype not getting video from webcam Message-ID: <20101015180335.GA58005@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <20101015085746.2777497eh5r8tmio@webmail.leidinger.net> 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> <20101015085746.2777497eh5r8tmio@webmail.leidinger.net>
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 08:57:46AM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> (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. you mean linux_ioctl.c and the linux_ioctl_v4l call ? cheers luigi > > 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
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