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Am 18.12.2011 21:08, schrieb Laurent Pinchart: > 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) no problem, i already found that you prefer the batch answering. so i'm not confused not to getting answer for some longer time :) >> - 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. I'm still getting confusing about that, it seems to be definitely misread. there is some attention problem i can't solve :) Probably i should just ignore it. >> 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, Alexey -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7uZiUACgkQw8E0jNwoJm/MywCdEphQQxQRnah3fhyhOPry0wxH bsIAnjKfH4U7xUMETsASoPR3sZt1YVJK =Aywf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list Linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
