Hi Felix,

On Monday 20 August 2007, Felix Möller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Unfortunately, yes. The iSight doesn't stream video in the well-supported
> > YUYV and MJPEG formats, but in the UYVY format. You will have to modify
> > uvccapture (and possibly other applications) to support that format.
>
> I do not know a single word of C so modifying is not really an option.

In the current state, I'm afraid at least basic kernel coding skills are 
required to fix the patch, sorry :-/
>
> Which program should I use to test the cam. I have been trying xawtv,
> uvccapture, ekiga, mplayer, lucview ...

I mostly use luvcview, as it was designed with UVC in mind (although it works 
with other webcams as well). I'm sure uvccapture is equally good.

> But all of them fail an give a lot of error messages. :-(

That's because the patch isn't done/stable yet. It still needs development.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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