Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Creating new /dev/video?

2007-01-09 Thread Alex Pounds
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:31:49PM -0800, Martin Rubli wrote: > Alex Pounds wrote: > >I also grabbed a SVN snapshot of aMSN, but I found it worked fine for me. > >Well, fine-ish: I can both send and receive webcam sessions, but it does > >crash occasionally. I spoke to an aMSN developer, and they

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] QuickCam Fusion lockup

2007-01-09 Thread Martin Rubli
> Given that a good chunk of cameras people are using are sometimes not > functional, > i think it would be good to put something on the website about this. I > own two > webcams that exhibit these problems regularly, and have been messing > with various > versions of the "reset" patch, trying to g

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] QuickCam Fusion lockup

2007-01-09 Thread Martin Rubli
Brian, On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:46:37 -0800, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Disappointing, can firmware be uploaded to webcams? No, sorry, the only way to update the firmware is a soldering iron. :-| > My webcam appears to be working fine, I have tested it by leaving it > running for extend

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Martin Rubli
Michel, On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:30:05 -0800, Michel Xhaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just upload a new revision of luvcview with pan/tilt fix, a lot of > improvements. Cool! :-) > Seem strange that we cannot change the exposure in manuel > mode ? There should be a control to set the absolu

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Martin Rubli
Jose, On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:53:29 -0800, Jose Luis Landabaso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have arrived to a point in which I'm very confused. > I have learnt that you can only turn off the color processing when the > camera is not capturing. True. > So, I stop the capture program, and then

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Martin Rubli
Hi all, On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:08:38 -0800, Laurent Pinchart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The thing is that I am trying to disable the camera auto gain. > Martin, by the way, is it necessary to put the webcam in bayer mode to > disable the auto-exposure ? Or would the auto-exposure mode con

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Creating new /dev/video?

2007-01-09 Thread Martin Rubli
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:03:45 -0800, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now to my real new problem: Is there some easy to understand sample > implementation of decoding some MJPEG-Frame to one of following: > > PIXELFORMAT_GREY > PIXELFORMAT_RGB332 > PIXELFORMAT_RGB555 > PIXELFORMAT_RGB555X > PI

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Creating new /dev/video?

2007-01-09 Thread Martin Rubli
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:03:24 -0800, Alex Pounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also grabbed a SVN snapshot of aMSN, but I found it worked fine for me. > Well, fine-ish: I can both send and receive webcam sessions, but it does > crash occasionally. I spoke to an aMSN developer, and they tell me i

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] QuickCam Fusion lockup

2007-01-09 Thread Brian
Laurent, >> Yes the computer is still working, it is only the camera that locks up. > > Like I mentioned many times before, Logitech webcams are quite sensitive to > USB timings. They work fine for some people, mostly fine for other, or even > sometimes not at all. Martin Rubli and I tried to

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] QuickCam Fusion lockup

2007-01-09 Thread Austin Foxley
Laurent Pinchart wrote: > Hi Brian, > >> Will try again... >> Just to let you know that I am getting the uvc lockups as well ** >> [snip] >> * Sometimes I

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] No valid video chain found.

2007-01-09 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Adrian, > Thanks a million for this. I'm looking forward to testing the patch for > you! Could you test the following patch ? Please use the latest driver revision from SVN (75). Cheers, Laurent Pinchart Index: uvc_driver.c ==

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] QuickCam Fusion lockup

2007-01-09 Thread Laurent Pinchart
Hi Brian, > Will try again... > > > > Just to let you know that I am getting the uvc lockups as well > > > ** > > [snip] > > > > * > > > Sometimes I can unplug the camera and

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Michel Xhaard
Le Mardi 9 Janvier 2007 14:43, Gene Imes a écrit : > > I just upload a new revision of luvcview with pan/tilt fix, a lot of > > improvements. Seem strange that we cannot change the exposure in manuel > > mode ? Is there a way to set/reset the autowhite balance too ? a lot of > > robotic project nee

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] No valid video chain found.

2007-01-09 Thread Adrian Skehill
Laurent, Thanks a million for this. I'm looking forward to testing the patch for you! Cheers, Adrian. On 1/8/07, Laurent Pinchart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Adrian, > > I'd like to have a look at the USB descriptors. Could you provide me with > > the output of lsusb -v (usbutils 0.72 or C

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Serge A. Suchkov
> > I just upload a new revision of luvcview with pan/tilt fix, a lot of > > improvements. Seem strange that we cannot change the exposure in manuel > > mode ? Is there a way to set/reset the autowhite balance too ? a lot of > > robotic project need these features > > Cheers > > Michel, If I cl

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Jose Luis Landabaso
In case it helps, the errors come from mainloop_v4l2 opencv's function: 1160 static void mainloop_v4l2(CvCaptureCAM_V4L* capture) 1161 { 1162 unsigned int count; 1163 1164 count = 1; 1165 1166 while (count-- > 0) { 1167 for (;;) { 1168

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Alex Pounds
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:43:11AM -0600, Gene Imes wrote: > Michel, If I click the 'Take a Picture!' button or the 'AVI Start/Stop' > buttons nothing seems to happen. Is there a trick to it? If so what? > Or perhaps luvcview is writing to some directory I can not find. On my system, luvcview wil

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Jose Luis Landabaso
Laurent, Martin, others, I have arrived to a point in which I'm very confused. I have learnt that you can only turn off the color processing when the camera is not capturing. So, I stop the capture program, and then run bayer. If I disable color processing I cannot run my capture program again si

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Automatic Gain Control

2007-01-09 Thread Gene Imes
> I just upload a new revision of luvcview with pan/tilt fix, a lot of > improvements. Seem strange that we cannot change the exposure in manuel > mode ? Is there a way to set/reset the autowhite balance too ? a lot of > robotic project need these features > Cheers Michel, If I click the 'Take

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] No valid video chain found.

2007-01-09 Thread Jose Luis Landabaso
Thanks Laurent! The problem was I hadn't rmmoded the pre-patched driver. Now I can use "bayer" without getting error messages. However, the program doesn't have change the way the capture is being done. As I mentioned yesterday, I have a very simple opencv program (see copy/paste below) that keep

Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Creating new /dev/video?

2007-01-09 Thread Alexandre DENIS
Le mar 9 janvier 2007 07:02, Martin a écrit : > That's quite strange: My kopete sources do know some PIXELFORMAT_YUYV. > (0.12.2 and svn, revision 621573 after svn update in directory > libkopete/avdevice) The strange thing is that kopete code is actually able to decode YUYV if ever it is selecte