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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [kopete-devel] Webcam doesnt work
From:       Pali Rohár <pali.rohar () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-03-17 15:51:25
Message-ID: 49BFC6FD.3040806 () gmail ! com
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Hello,
I write I use driver ov51x-jpeg
(http://www.rastageeks.org/ov51x-jpeg/index.php/Main_Page) build from
svn. I checked, this driver is not v4l2 (only v4l1).  This is only one
driver which works fine with my webcam (I tried a lot of drivers).

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Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com

Jaroslav Reznik  wrote / napísal(a):
> Hi,
> thanks for report, let me check it. 
>
> Which driver do you use for this webcam? Google says it should be gspca or 
> v51x-jpeg. And what version do you have?
>  
> Meanwhile you can build Kopete without libv4l support, it's only optional for 
> now. 
>
> So far I've got quite positive reactions so I hope this is only exception.
>
> On Sunday 15 March 2009 12:29:21 Pali Rohár wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>> with new v4l webcam patch my webcam doesnt work. I use ov51x-jpeg
>> driver. Before commited new patch my webcam works fine.
>>
>> output from kopete:
>> kopete(8300) AVDeviceConfig::AVDeviceConfig: kopete:config (avdevice):
>> KopeteAVDeviceConfigFactory::componentData() called.
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoInput::VideoInput: Executing Video Input's
>> constructor!!!
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::open: open(): No devices
>> found. Must scan for available devices. 0
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::scanDevices: called
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::registerDevice: New video
>> device at
>> "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_41e_4068_noserial_video4linux"
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::registerDevice: vendor:
>> "Creative Technology, Ltd" , product:  "WebCam Live! Notebook"
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::registerDevice: V4L device
>> path is "/dev/video0"
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::registerDevice: Found device
>> "/dev/video0"
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevice::open: called
>> libv4l2: error getting capabilities: Invalid argument
>>     
>
> Libv4l2 can't get device capabilities. From libv4l sources it's checking if it 
> is v4l2 camera and check fails. Gspca is v4l2 compliant so I wonder why it's 
> failing. Could you try latest gspca driver? See Hans'es tutorial 
> http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/6630.html
> I'm not sure about the second one driver. 
>
>   
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevice::open: Unable to open file
>> "/dev/video0" Err:  22
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::scanDevices: exited successfuly
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::open: open(): No devices
>> found. bailing out. 0
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::setSize:
>> VideoDevicePool::setSize() fallback for no device.
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::setSize:
>> VideoDevicePool::setSize() buffer size:  230400
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::fillDeviceKComboBox: Called.
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::fillDeviceKComboBox: Combobox
>> cleaned.
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::fillInputKComboBox: Called.
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::fillStandardKComboBox: Called.
>> kopete(8300) Kopete::AV::VideoDevicePool::startCapturing:
>> startCapturing() called.
>>
>> lsusb:
>> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 041e:4068 Creative Technology, Ltd WebCam Live!
>> Notebook
>>     
>
> Jaroslav
>
>   


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