Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:19:44 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> To: beni brinckman <beni@brinckman.info> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: webcamd and webcams under 8.1-rel Message-ID: <201008071419.44931.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <201008071400.22995.beni@brinckman.info> References: <201008061517.59917.beni@brinckman.info> <201008071023.11660.hselasky@c2i.net> <201008071400.22995.beni@brinckman.info>
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On Saturday 07 August 2010 14:00:22 beni brinckman wrote: > On Saturday 07 August 2010 10:23:11 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > On Friday 06 August 2010 16:00:28 beni brinckman wrote: > > > On Friday 06 August 2010 15:45:41 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > > On Friday 06 August 2010 15:47:41 beni brinckman wrote: > > > > > pwcview is installed. > > > > > This is the result with the V-uap cam : > > > > > > > > > > [beni@bsdaddict] /usr/home/beni# pwcview > > > > > Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps > > > > > Failed to create yuvoverlay: Can't use YUV data on non 16/24/32 bit > > > > > surfaces > > > > > > > > Try to chown /dev/videoX instead of running pwcview like root. > > > > > > > > --HPS > > > > > > Changed the owner of /dev/video0. Now I'm getting this (as normal > > > user): > > > > > > [beni@bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ pwcview > > > Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps > > > Warning short read, got only 3066 of 115200 bytes > > > Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes > > > Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes > > > Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes > > > Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes > > > Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes > > > Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes > > > > > > And this message goes on and on. I get a new pwcview window on the > > > desktop with a billiard green color but still no image. > > > But it is already more than before ! > > > > > > With the Creative webcam5 still nothing. So I guess i will have to > > > abandon that one and stick with the Logitech. > > > > Try installing a newer version of libv4l. Or try a different mode: > > > > pwcview -s vga > > > > --HPS > > This is what I get with pwcview -s vga : > > [beni@bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ pwcview -s vga > Webcam set to: 640x480 (vga) at 5 fps > Warning short read, got only 30660 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 29638 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 30660 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 30660 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 30660 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 30660 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 29638 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 29638 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 30660 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 29638 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 30660 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 29638 of 460800 bytes > Warning short read, got only 29638 of 460800 bytes > > This warning goes on and on and my pwcview window stays green. > I'm using libv4l-0.6.4 now. If you boot an ubuntu live-cd does your webcam work then? --HPShelp
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