Hi Philipp,

On Tuesday 11 March 2008, Philipp Kolmann wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 05:16:18PM +0100, Philipp Kolmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 05:09:41PM +0100, Richard Atterer wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 04:55:40PM +0100, Philipp Kolmann wrote:
> > > > I just wondered why my Logi 9k cam suddenly gave me 30fps at 640x420
> > > > even in modest light (Skype and luvcview).
> > >
> > > Maybe because some program switched off auto-exposure and used a
> > > hardwired 30fps one, together with an appropriate gain for your
> > > lighting conditions?
> >
> > Well I just tested it again. After I unplug the cam and replug it, it
> > works as expected on 10-15 fps.
> >
> > Then I attached it one to the windows with logitech drivers and suddenly
> > it works much better.
> >
> > Well you could be right with the settings. How can I compare the
> > settings?
>
> I looked at luvcview -l -f yuv -i 30 -s 640x480:
>
> With the windows drivers once touch the cam:
>
> V4L2_CID_BASE         (predefined controls):
>  index:9963776    name:Brightness                       type:1 min:0    
> max:255   step:1     def:128   now:128 index:9963777    name:Contrast      
>                   type:1 min:0     max:255   step:1     def:32    now:33
> index:9963778    name:Saturation                       type:1 min:0    
> max:255   step:1     def:32    now:32 index:9963788    name:White Balance
> Temperature, Auto  type:2 min:0     max:255   step:1     def:1     now:1
> index:9963795    name:Gain                             type:1 min:0    
> max:255   step:1     def:0     now:255 V4L2_CID_PRIVATE_BASE (driver
> specific controls):
>  Clean Up done Quit
>
> Here I get 32fps at 640.
>
> After power cycling the cam, I get the defaults from luvcview -l and 5fps.
> After setting the Gain back to 255 the cam still only got me 5fps.
> I haven't found how to disable auto-exposure so far.

luvcview doesn't enumerate all controls. The test application available at 
http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/test.c should work better. Use it to enumerate 
all controls with their current value.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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