--- In [email protected], Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sjanadt wrote: > > > > > > I've got a Labtec webcam pro working well with the foxboard. > > (FOXLX832, Kernel 2.6.15) All fine so far. > > > > At times unfortunately, damaged images are produced. In these > > situations the images shown by the servfox application in combination > > with JWebcamPlayer, are partially ok and the rest of the image is > > uniformly grey. > > I don't know what causes this behavior. But if I found such a > > situation, it's repeatable and I can't get a correct image at all. > > > > Anyone else had this problem? Any ideas, how to fix this? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > jan > > Hi Jan, I had the same problem. > I found that the problem occurs when there's much light (I tested the > webcam outdoors in a sunny day). Is this your case? > > I think the problem is with the foxboard webcam driver (spca5xx-LE), not > with servfox. > I tried to compile and run servfox on my linux box (not on the > foxboard), and using gspca driver and no problem occurs (there are no > damaged images). > > Another problem of the driver, in my opinion, is that there's no way > manually change exposure time. There are severe problems in a dark > environment (compare it with labtec webcam pro driver for windows!). > > The solution is to fix the driver or to change webcam, IMHO. > > Now I'm about to try Hercules Webcam Pro (cheap) with Jean-Charles > Mammana's ov51x driver porting. > (http://psykokwak.serveftp.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/30/26-ov51x-driver-on-foxboard-and-mjpegserv-http-streaming-server) > Maybe a good qualitiy webcam to try could be Philips SPC900 Toucam Pro > III (*CCD* webcam) using pwc driver, but it costs too much ;D > > Cheers > Andrea >
Hello, Sorry for my french ov51x driver article. >From a past discussing with Michel Xhaard (the spca5xxle driver father), he told me there was an unresolved issue inside the spca5xxle driver with some webcams like the Labtech. However, I was made some tests with spca504 bridge based cameras and the result was very good. Now, I'm using the hercule deluxe (30 euros) with the ov51x driver. this webcam give a native jpeg stream and my mJpegServ can stream it over TCP networks (using the axis mjpeg protocol) ov51x src for foxboard : http://svn.psykokwak.serveftp.com/svn/arobot/misc/ov51x-1.65-1.11-mark.foxboard/ (login and pass : arobot) mjpegServ : http://svn.psykokwak.serveftp.com/svn/arobot/mjpegServ/ (login & pass : arobot)
