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 > > > > --- AV & Spam Filtering by M+Guardian - Risk Free Email (TM) --- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-uvc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel >
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