Hi Alexey, On Wednesday 30 November 2011 16:16:13 Alexey Fisher wrote: > Hi Laurent, > > here are new ideas for FAQ:
Thanks (sorry for the late reply again) > - I got a new webcam or laptop with build in cam, but it's not > working, what should i do? > > UVC (usb video class) is same kind standard class like UMS (usb mass > storage). One of good UMS examples is usb stick. If you will need to > install driver to use usb stick it will make no sense and if it is not > working on linux it is most probably broken. The purpose of the UVC class is already explained on the home page. > Same situation is with UVC webcams. *If it is not working with modern > linux distribution or any modern linux kernel, then this device is > most probably broken!* And if you still can, then give or send it back! > > - With app XYZ my webcam is not working, is my cam or app is broken? > > there are different apps to test webcam: luvcview, guvcview, cheese, > mplayer, vlc, skype. > We prefer to test it with luvcview or guvcview. > The cams can also support different formats, yuv, jpeg, ... in this > case try different. > > > PS: Please add reminder on first page: read FAQ before send email. There's already a FAQ entry about troubleshooting devices that don't work. Instead of adding a second one, I've updated the existing one. Thanks for the ideas. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list Linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
