On Sunday 06 July 2008, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 03:10:25 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Emanoil Kotsev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Philips SPC620NC, Video > > garbled and > > Question uvc Philps SPC620NC nvidia, ati and Skype > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Hi, thanks for answering. > > > > I don't have time for compiling mplayer now, and I > > don't really need it because all I want is to speak > > over Skype with my family and my friends and this is > > working for me. > > mplayer tv:// -tv fps=30 > > This works fo the SPC1000 webcam - thanks, but I think I've also updated to > the new mplayer, or underlaying library. > > > http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-06/bh-eu-06-biondi/bh-eu- > >06-biondi-up.pdf > > This was excelent article, kind of mad and confused but really good. > Unfortunately I am not that paranoid and most of all I need a solution to > help my friends use this app as they want to. > > Anyway, I think Skype shows that comercials companies are always one head > ahead and we can not do anything for now. I hope it could change in future, > but really doubt it, because if you have the money you have the power. > > So is there an alternative - no, and not using skype is also not an > alternative, because how could I speak to my parents and friends and > relatives?
There's a Google Summer of Code project to add voice and video chat support for Jabber in Kopete. In a few months that might become an alternative :-) > Anyway, I want to thank you, Nikolaus, for your support and may be there is > someone else on the list who has simlar configurations and can help. > > Once again two persons have nvidia and ati cards with proprietary drivers > and skype is not working with the webcam, so I would like to ask you if you > are using such kind of hard/software to share some experience with me Best regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
