From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 15 17:51:22 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 B232B1065670 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:51:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it) Received: from onelab2.iet.unipi.it (onelab2.iet.unipi.it [131.114.59.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72BEA8FC1A for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:51:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by onelab2.iet.unipi.it (Postfix, from userid 275) id B9CC673098; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:03:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:03:35 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo To: Alexander Leidinger Message-ID: <20101015180335.GA58005@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101015085746.2777497eh5r8tmio@webmail.leidinger.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i 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 17:51:22 -0000 On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 08:57:46AM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > 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. 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