[PD] unable to open pdp_v4l webcam video stream

2010-11-20 Thread Menno van der Woude
Hello, with the purpose of being able to track elements in sight of a cam by virtue of their color, I would like to use and explore the possibilities of pdp_ctrack. While this does work with prerecorded video (avi) i am unable to try it with live video, cause pdp_v4l gives and error. See below

Re: [PD] unable to open pdp_v4l webcam video stream

2010-11-20 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Sat, 20 Nov 2010, Menno van der Woude wrote: Does anyone know if this is a matter of buying a better cam? Now using a Logitech very simple usb webcam. Or do i need to load/install a certain driver, or send other messages to [pdp_v4l]? You need either [pdp_v4l2] from pidip, or use

Re: [PD] unable to open pdp_v4l webcam video stream

2010-11-20 Thread Pagano, Patrick
try pdp_v4l2 From: pd-list-boun...@iem.at [pd-list-boun...@iem.at] On Behalf Of Menno van der Woude [menn...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:33 PM To: pd-list Subject: [PD] unable to open pdp_v4l webcam video stream Hello

Re: [PD] unable to open pdp_v4l webcam video stream

2010-11-20 Thread Menno van der Woude
Of Menno van der Woude [menn...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:33 PM To: pd-list Subject: [PD] unable to open pdp_v4l webcam video stream Hello, with the purpose of being able to track elements in sight of a cam by virtue of their color, I would like to use and explore

Re: [PD] unable to open pdp_v4l webcam video stream

2010-11-20 Thread John Harrison
That's a huge amount of latency. Do you see that sort of latency if you use the webcam in guvcview? For a cheap webcam with low latency I've had great luck with the Sony ps3eye. It works out of the box on Linux (ubuntu at least) but if you compile your own driver for it you can get even