Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:01:19 +0200 From: Beni Brinckman <beni.brinckman@gmail.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, beni brinckman <beni@brinckman.info> Subject: Re: webcamd and webcams under 8.1-rel Message-ID: <AANLkTi=TaQ=V7ofOJhwf%2BnfoJaYsp1fK8BzRUONjKcei@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201008071419.44931.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <201008061517.59917.beni@brinckman.info> <201008071023.11660.hselasky@c2i.net> <201008071400.22995.beni@brinckman.info> <201008071419.44931.hselasky@c2i.net>
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2010/8/7 Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> > 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? > > --HPS > Under Ubuntu 10.04 are these the last lines from dmesg when I plug the Creative webcam in : [ 241.428030] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [ 241.685142] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 241.700782] pwc: Philips webcam module version 10.0.13 loaded. [ 241.700790] pwc: Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC830/840. [ 241.700794] pwc: Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, [ 241.700798] pwc: the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100. [ 241.700859] pwc: Creative Labs Webcam 5 detected. [ 242.038082] pwc: Registered as /dev/video2. [ 242.039997] input: PWC snapshot button as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/4-1/input/input7 [ 242.040086] usbcore: registered new interface driver Philips webcam bsdaddict@bsdaddict-desktop:~$ But here with Ubuntu, the Logitech cam does not seem to work. Unplugging and re-plugging shows this in dmesg : [ 684.648065] usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 2 [ 684.648286] gspca: disconnect complete [ 689.485026] usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [ 689.682151] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 689.685151] gspca: probing 046d:092f [ 689.744119] gspca: probe ok bsdaddict@bsdaddict-desktop:~$ In Ekiga in de Video Devices (when both cams are plugged in), I can choose out of : Camera (PTLIB/V4L), Unknown/Generic (PTLIB/V4L) and Unknown/generic (2) (PTLIB/V4L). But in Ekiga I have no camera image. In Skype 2.1.0.81 the Creative Webcam 5 works as /dev/video2. When I click on the Test button I get an image. Benihome | help
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