Okay, did some tests now with the newest driver version. As I wrote in my 
previous mail on this subject, I suspected the bug to exist in the latest 
version of the driver, but I tested with that version now, and it works, so 
apparently it is fixed already.

Op maandag 30 januari 2006 19:02, schreef Harry Vennik:
> I decided to look at the driver source now. And I think I found the bug. If
> what I think is right, the bug was introduced in version 10.0.7 (Apr 10
> 2005) of the driver, and it still exists in current 10.0.11 (Jan 8, 2006).
> I will warn the driver developer sometime soon.
>
> So, forget about this. If users start complaining, we can just create a FAQ
> entry for it.
>
> ---------- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----------
> Van: "Youness Alaoui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Onderwerp: Re: [Amsn-devel] Another pwc bug :-(
> Datum: maandag 30 januari 2006 01:34
>
> > ouch! stupid driver! do you think it can be fixed in some way ? maybe in
> > msncam.tcl, do if $::pwc == 1, then  set new_value [expr $new_value << 1]
> > or something...
> >
> > KKRT
> >
> > On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:39:51 -0500, Harry Vennik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I think I found another pwc bug.
> > >
> > > When setting the brightness to new_value, it is really set to
> > > (new_value
> > >
> > > 1). When setting contrast to new_value, it is actually set to
> > > (new_value
> > >
> > > 2).
> > >
> > > Seems like pwc emulates a 0 - 255 range for both, while the actual
> > > range is 0
> > > - 127 for brightness and 0 - 63 for contrast. The bug is that this
> > > emulation
> > > is not complete: it is done only when setting an attribute. It gives
> > > the real
> > > range when asked about it, and also doesn't convert back to the 0 - 255
> > > range
> > > when we get the value :S
> > >
> > > Because of this, pwc users can set their brightness only in the range 0
> > > - 63
> > > and contrast only in 0 - 16! (With latest cvs. Before today, things
> > > were even
> > > worse. Setting it was hardly possible because the slider had a fixed 0
> > > - 65535 range).
> > >
> > > Harry
> > >
> > >
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