Actually, sorry, it looks like I jumped the gun a bit. The webcam camera and microphone work, but the webcam is much slower than I experienced with windows. It certainly doesn't feel like 25fps - more like 5. I see about the same recording/playback speeds in camorama and mplayer also.
The cpu does not seem to be markedly increased when I use the camera in skype, camorama or mplayer (maybe 2%) so the problem isn't that. I am using the same physical USB ports as with windows. Thanks again, ben 2008/12/5 Ben Woodcroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks. It worked on the development branch. Free of Vista again! (not that > it didn't take there either). > > LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype > > worked as well. Hoorah. > > Thanks, > ben > > 2008/12/5 GWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > JoJo jojo schrieb: >> >> Hi Ben >>> >>> you forgot to do >>> # modprobe videodev >>> then /dev/video[n] will get created correctly >>> >>> try it ;-) >>> >>> -JoJo >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm trying the same thing, without success. I'm running Ubuntu >>>> Intrepid. >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm trying to follow the instructions at >>>> >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/testing-microdia-driver-draft >>>> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/forays/webcam/microdia$ make clean all >>>> ... >>>> LD [M] /home/ben/forays/webcam/microdia/microdia.ko >>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-10-generic' >>>> ctags: no input files specified. >>>> Try `ctags --help' for a complete list of options. >>>> make: *** [ctags] Error 1 >>>> >>>> hmm. According to this thread here it is all ok: >>>> >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/browse_thread/thread/709160c0ded023b6 >>>> >>>> So I continue: >>>> $ sudo insmod ./microdia.ko >>>> insmod: error inserting './microdia.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module >>>> >>>> Try as per the thread says >>>> $ sudo modprobe compat_ioctl32 >>>> $ sudo insmod ./microdia.ko >>>> >>>> but camorama complains of there not being a /dev/video0. Taking the >>>> thread's instructions, >>>> sudo depmod -a >>>> sudo mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0 >>>> sudo chmod 777 /dev/video0 >>>> >>>> but camorama is still complaining it can't find it. And the following >>>> doesn't work either: >>>> mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420:fps=30 >>>> >>>> >>>> I also tried the >>>> git checkout --track -b development origin/development >>>> suggestion, but insmod gave the same error: >>>> insmod: error inserting './microdia.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> ben >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> And for camorama you will need to use the following line: >> >> $ LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama >> >> GWater >> >> > > > -- > FYI: My email addresses at unimelb, uq and gmail all redirect to the same > place. > -- FYI: My email addresses at unimelb, uq and gmail all redirect to the same place. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Lets make microdia webcams plug'n play, (currently plug'n pray) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Visit us online https://groups.google.com/group/microdia -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
