From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 11:28:02 2011 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 AB14E1065674 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:28:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de) Received: from smtp.kn-bremen.de (gelbbaer.kn-bremen.de [78.46.108.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C1B8FC14 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:28:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kn-bremen.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 267EB1E000C5; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:27:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from triton8.kn-bremen.de (noident@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by triton8.kn-bremen.de (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id pANBR66A055856; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:27:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nox@triton8.kn-bremen.de) Received: (from nox@localhost) by triton8.kn-bremen.de (8.14.4/8.14.3/Submit) id pANBR59L055855; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:27:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nox) From: Juergen Lock Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:27:05 +0100 To: Matthias Apitz Message-ID: <20111123112705.GA55436@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <20111118185259.GA1113@tiny> <201111212013.pALKD1UR098794@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <20111122043936.GA2199@tinyCurrent> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20111122043936.GA2199@tinyCurrent> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Juergen Lock Subject: Re: webcamd-3.0.0.2: skype-2.1.0.81,1 works, but pwcview does not 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: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:28:02 -0000 On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 05:39:37AM +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Monday, November 21, 2011 a las 09:13:01PM +0100, Juergen Lock escribió: > > > In article <20111118185259.GA1113@tiny> you write: > > >Hello, > > > > > >I'm testing on a 10-CURRENT webcamd-3.0.0.2 and it turns out that > > >skype-2.1.0.81,1 works fine, but pwcview says: > > > > > >Failed to get current picture info: Invalid argument > > > > > >The cam in question is a Phillips SPC 900 (vendor 0x0471 product 0x0329) > > >and with the normal pwc.ko the pwcview works fine. > > >Any ideas? > > > > Is this the pwcview from the same-name port or the one from the > > pwcbsd driver port? I think the latter doesn't work with V4L2... > > Yes, this was the problem. The port multimedia/pwcview was not installed > as it conflicts with multimedia/pwcbsd; I deleted this and > multimedia/pwcview works fine; > > btw: I only use pwcview to set the frame rate of my cam to 25 before > starting Skype; is there some better way to set it per default to this > value? > Hm webcamd -s lists: pwc-if.fps=0 >Initial frames per second. Varies with model, useful range 5-30 As long as pwc-if really is the same as the driver used for your camera, setting webcamd_flags="-m pwc-if.fps=25" in rc.conf(5) should do it. > Thanks for your hint You're welcome! :) Juergen