What is gstfakevideo? I can't get my webcam working with Skype Beta 2 on
Ubuntu 64bit.
It's a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro 2006 version.
Is this a workaround?

On 11/30/07, Samir Ibradzic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Laurent, thanks again! Checked the latest uvcvideo revision, and my
> camera works fine...
>
> Kudos for your hard work!
>
> To all who may concern, camera works with luvcview, ekiga and mplayer
> without any hassle. I will try other japanese Sanyo cellphone models
> with this as soon as i get chance...
>
> some mplayer syntax;
>
> mplayer -tv
> driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:device=/dev/video0:fps=15:outfmt=yuy2
> tv://
>
> camera worked with gstreamer too, when specifying some pipeline settings
> like;
>
> gst-launch-0.10 v4l2src ! jpegdec ! xvimagesink
>
> and even gstreamer-properties, when specifying custom video plugin
> settings, as;
>
> v4l2src device="/dev/video0" ! jpegdec ! ffmpegcolorspace
>
> but for some strange reasons, these custom settings doesn't stick in the
> properties!?!
>
> i also made it work with Skype beta 2, by using a thing called
> gstfakevideo (or skype_video_hijacker, how it was previously called);
>
> sudo mv /dev/video0 /dev/video1
> gstfakevideo v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! jpegdec ! ffmpegcolorspace
>
> note that these 'tricks' might also work with other non-YUV, MJPEG only
> UVC cameras...
>
>
> Samir
>
>
> Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Hi Samir,
> >
> > On Thursday 29 November 2007, Samir Ibradzic wrote:
> >> Laurent, you are just remarkable!
> >
> > Thanks :-)
> >
> >> Camera worked, just after the patch was applied!
> >
> > I committed it to SVN.
> >
> >> I tested it using lucview, though no controls are working...
> >
> > That's because your phone has no video controls, so that's pretty
> normal.
> >
> >> here's dmesg;
> >>
> > [snip]
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Why all these details in kernel messages? Just for the sake of the
> test?
> >
> > Those are debug messages. You can turn them off by setting the trace
> parameter
> > back to 0.
> >
> >> How can i set it up to work in gstreamer?
> >>
> >> I have the following error in gstreamer-properties;
> >>
> >> gstreamer-properties-Message: Error running pipeline 'Video for Linux 2
> >> (v4l2)': Could not negotiate format [gstbasesrc.c(2062):
> >> gst_base_src_start (): /pipeline0/v4l2src3:
> >> Check your filtered caps, if any]
> >
> > I've never really used gstreamer, so don't know what goes wrong. Your
> phone
> > supports MJPEG only while most other UVC devices support YUV as well.
> That
> > might be a clue.
> >
> >> Thanks again for your hard work! This means one more camera can work in
> >> Linux! Actually, there is a whole line of Sanyo (au) cellphones
> >> available here in japan, who probably use same or very similar camera
> >> USB interface...
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Laurent Pinchart
> >
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