Maybe you can take a look at http://www.free-codecs.com and see if any fit your needs. I saw some that might work for you.
Peace................ed Edward Dunagin-Dunigan Bozeman, MT 59718 mobile 406-570-0992 Land line 406-556-7282 EKIGA: sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://doas.montanalinux.org On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Nikolaus Rath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using a Philips SPC620NC webcam using the v4l2 driver. Ekiga > version is 2.0.12 (from Ubuntu Hardy). Ekiga's configuration druid > successfully performs all the tests. I can also access the webcam > sucessfully using e.g. mplayer and luvcview (example screenshot: > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15698358/Screenshot-MPlayer-1.png ). > > In ekiga however, the video display is mangled. It is solely in green > and has horizontal stripes all over. I have uploaded a screenshot to > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15698333/Screenshot-Ekiga.png > > I have also enquired on the linux-uvc driver list about this issue. I > was told that such a phenomenon might happen if ekiga receives yuv > data but interprets it as png. > > Interestingly enough, luvcview tells me that my camera only sends in > yuv: > > # luvcview -f jpg > luvcview version 0.2.1 > Video driver: x11 > A window manager is available > video /dev/video0 > Unable to set format: 22. > Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal > > and directly terminates. > > nokile:~/projekte/s3fs$ luvcview -f yuv > luvcview version 0.2.1 > Video driver: x11 > A window manager is available > video /dev/video0 > > shows the picture nicely. > > > However, I also heard that other people with webcams who deliver only > yuv are running ekiga nicely, so I suppose it is not a principal > problem. > > > Does someone have an idea how I can fix this problem? Is there an > option to force ekiga to use the yuv format or something like that? > > > Thanks in advance! > > > Best, > > > -Nikolaus > > -- > »It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. > By definition, there are already enough people to do that.« > -J.H. Hardy > > PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C > > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
