Hi Dushan,

On Friday 30 May 2008, Dushan Tcholich wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Laurent Pinchart
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Dushan,
>
> Hi Laurent
>
> > On Wednesday 28 May 2008, Dushan Tcholich wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> I have a MSI starcam racer USB webcam that's not currently supported in
> >> linux. Drivers for windows mention UVC support so as I couldn't find it
> >> on the supported devices on linux-uvc web site I'd like to try to make
> >> it work if I can.
> >
> > Even when not listed on the Linux UVC website, UVC-compatible cameras
> > should work out of the box with the driver. Have you tried your camera
> > yet ?
> >
> > If it doesn't work, please explain the steps you followed to test it, and
> > report complete error messages along with uvcvideo-related kernel log
> > messages.
>
> I messed around a little with that webcam today and got it to work
> with  linux-uvc 0.1.0_pre173 (version from gentoo portage).
> It works with luvcview when I select YUV format.
> When I try default (MJPEG afaik) it gives:
> Unable to set format: 22
>  Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal
>
> With YUV it works satisfactory for video (selfadjusting to light
> conditions etc.). I haven't tried to use audio.
> 2 of them together saturate somehow 1 USB2.0 hub. I'll look into that
> in a few days. Maybe I overlooked something :)
>
> >> Some data can be found on MSI website:
> >> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=132&cat2_no=
> >>&ca t3_no=&prod_no=1217 lsusb gives:
> >> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0c45:62e0 Microdia
> >>
> >> I opened it and found that it has this controller:
> >> SN9C255
> >> http://www.sonix.com.tw/sonix/product.do?p=SN9C255
> >>
> >> And it has MI1320 sensor.
> >>
> >> If you need any other info please cc me as I'm not subscribed.
> >
> > Could you please send me the output of
> >
> > lsusb -v -d 0c45:62e0
> >
> > using usbutils 0.72 or newer (0.73+ preferred) ?
>
> Do you still need this info?

Yes please. Then I'll add the model to the supported devices list on the 
website.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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