[PD] Having trouble using webcam in PDP.

2009-04-29 Thread fín
Hi all, I'm having trouble receiving image from my web cam while using [pdp_ctrack] or [pix_video]. I just get a noisey image. The webcam's i have are Microsoft VX-1000 and a A4-tech. I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Dell Studio laptop. I can access the picture using other software such as Cheese.

Re: [PD] Having trouble using webcam in PDP.

2009-04-29 Thread olsen wolf
hi paul maybe pdp_v4l2 could help you - but i think it's only part of the svn version of pdp?! correct me if i'm wrong olsen On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM, fín paulfin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm having trouble receiving image from my web cam while using [pdp_ctrack] or [pix_video]. I

Re: [PD] Having trouble using webcam in PDP.

2009-04-29 Thread fín
im willing to try anything. whats the best way to try a svn build? 2009/4/29 olsen wolf sesselastron...@googlemail.com hi paul maybe pdp_v4l2 could help you - but i think it's only part of the svn version of pdp?! correct me if i'm wrong olsen On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM, fín

Re: [PD] Having trouble using webcam in PDP.

2009-04-29 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
Should be part of the nightly builds: http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/latest/ .hc On Apr 29, 2009, at 2:02 PM, olsen wolf wrote: hi paul maybe pdp_v4l2 could help you - but i think it's only part of the svn version of pdp?! correct me if i'm wrong olsen On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at

Re: [PD] Having trouble using webcam in PDP.

2009-04-29 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
First, uninstall pd-extended: apt-get remove pd-extended then download and double-click to install. You can always reinstall the old package. .hc On Apr 29, 2009, at 2:43 PM, fín wrote: will i have to remove my current build? how would i apt-get this? 2009/4/29 Hans-Christoph Steiner

Re: [PD] Having trouble using webcam in PDP.

2009-04-29 Thread fín
got it, downloading it now. thank you. 2009/4/29 Hans-Christoph Steiner h...@at.or.at First, uninstall pd-extended: apt-get remove pd-extended then download and double-click to install. You can always reinstall the old package. .hc On Apr 29, 2009, at 2:43 PM, fín wrote: will i

Re: [PD] Having trouble using webcam in PDP.

2009-04-29 Thread fín
finally!!! [pdp_v4l2] is working for me. thank you all of course this creates new questions :) 2009/4/29 fín paulfin...@gmail.com got it, downloading it now. thank you. 2009/4/29 Hans-Christoph Steiner h...@at.or.at First, uninstall pd-extended: apt-get remove pd-extended then