Hi, Grateful for the quick response.I have usb 2 don't know version of libv4l .The rolling image,bluish image are of quickcam messenger not microdia which is jet black&no trace of image,Sorry I did not clearly indicate this.Shall follow ur tips and hope to run microdia on skype,trying it on Ubuntu intrepid ibex..Trust I am now brief without losing ability to convey necessary.informationThanks,Regards.kesava
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:41 AM, GWater <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] schrieb: >> >> Il Sunday 25 January 2009 11:51:23 GWater ha scritto: >>> >>> (And I was told I write to long sentences ;) .) >>> >>> Anyway I extracted this as the problem description from your mail: >>> >>> " In this image quality varies eg,rolling image,blueish image etc. " >> >> hi, >> I have similar problem with my webcam, >> i have posted here for not open a new thread >> >> my skype image is black, instead ekiga don't show red and green colors >> >> mplayer output >> >> web...@webkey:~$ mplayer tv:// -tv >> driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:fps=25:device=/dev/video0 -vo x11 >> MPlayer dev-SVN-r28058-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team >> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (Family: 6, Model: >> 15, Stepping: 11) >> CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 >> Compiled with runtime CPU detection. >> >> Playing tv://. >> TV file format detected. >> Selected driver: v4l2 >> name: Video 4 Linux 2 input >> author: Martin Olschewski <[email protected]> >> comment: first try, more to come ;-) >> Selected device: SN9C20x USB 2.0 Webcam Driver >> Capabilites: video capture read/write streaming >> supported norms: >> inputs: 0 = Webcam;v4l2: ioctl get input failed: Invalid argument >> >> Current input: 1 >> Current format: unknown (0x31384142) >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument >> tv.c: norm_from_string(pal): Bogus norm parameter, setting default. >> v4l2: ioctl enum norm failed: Invalid argument >> Error: Cannot set norm! >> Selected input hasn't got a tuner! >> v4l2: Cannot get fps >> v4l2: ioctl set mute failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl query control failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: ioctl query control failed: Invalid argument >> ========================================================================== >> Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x31384142. >> Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html! >> ========================================================================== >> >> v4l2: ioctl set mute failed: Invalid argument >> v4l2: 0 frames successfully processed, 0 frames dropped. >> >> Exiting... (End of file) >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> To identify the source of these problems I need a few more pieces of >>> information. >>> >>> 1. Are you using USB 1/1.1 or USB 2.0? >>> ("$ lsusb" will tell you.) >> >> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0c45:624e Microdia PC Camera (SN9C201 + SOI968) >> Device Descriptor: >> bLength 18 >> bDescriptorType 1 >> bcdUSB 2.00 >> bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) >> bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 >> 64 >> idVendor 0x0c45 Microdia >> idProduct 0x624e PC Camera (SN9C201 + SOI968) >> bcdDevice 1.01 >> iManufacturer 0 iProduct 1 USB20 Camera >> iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 >> Configuration Descriptor: >> bLength 9 >> bDescriptorType 2 >> wTotalLength 279 >> bNumInterfaces 1 >> bConfigurationValue 1 >> iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 >> (Bus Powered) >> MaxPower 500mA >>> >>> 2. Please post the output of "$ dmesg | grep sn9c20x" after you tried to >>> capture video from your webcam with skype. >> >> sn9c20x: SN9C20X USB 2.0 Webcam - 0C45:624E plugged-in. >> sn9c20x: Detected SOI968 Sensor. >> sn9c20x: Webcam device 0C45:624E is now controlling video device >> /dev/video0 >> sn9c20x: Using yuv420 output format >> usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c20x >> sn9c20x: SN9C20x USB 2.0 Webcam Driver v2009.01 loaded >> >> >> this is skype outpt maybe is usefull >> >> Skype V4L2: Could not find a suitable capture format >> Skype V4L2: Could not find a suitable capture format >> Starting the process... >> Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 32 >> Skype XShm: XShm support enabled >> Skype Xv: Using Xv port 65 >> Skype Xv: No suitable overlay format found >> >> >>> 3. Which version of libv4l are you currently using? >> >> 0.5.8 >> >>> 4.Please post a screenshot of the image the webcam provides. >> >> skype black >> >> ekiga >> http://www.umbertocarrara.it/img/schermata8.png >> trust me memory is red and battery is green >> >> where I'm wrong? >> >>> Thank you. >>> GWater >> >> Thank a lot for your help >> Umberto >> >> >> > > You need to use mplayer with libv4l like this: > > $ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so mplayer [...] > > Replace [...] with any parameters for mplayer. > > Skype can be run the same way: > > $ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype > > GWater > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
