On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 15:56 +0000, Liam Proven <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 20 May 2011 15:39, Rowan Berkeley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, people, > > > > This is apparently quite a common problem, to judge by the number of > > queries I have found on forums, and there never seems to be a reply > > to it. The problem is that the F-Spot Photo Manager does not detect > > the built-in camera. I am aware that in more recent releases of > > Ubuntu the Photo Manager is no longer F-Spot but something else, so > > the problem may not occur. > > > > I downloaded and installed Gtkam Digital Camera Browser, in the hope > > it might help, but it requires the user to specify the type of > > camera and the port it is connected to, from drop-down lists, before > > attempting to detect it. The camera is apparently made by Chicony, > > which is not listed among the types in Gtkam's drop-down list. Gtkam > > is probably intended for external cameras, not built-in ones, so the > > user would at least know which port he has the camera connected to, > > which I do not. > > > > Oddly enough, the camera is detected and brought online quite > > painlessly by the Gmail audio-video chat client, which I installed > > from the Gmail chat window in a Linux 32-bit version a few days ago. > > But I would like to be able to use it outside the context of the > > chat client, and I would assume F-Spot is supposed to be able to do > > this. So, any advice appreciated, thanks. > > I think you're using the wrong type of tool. F-Spot & Shotwell are > tools for extracting photos from stand-alone digital stills cameras, > connected by a USB cable for moving the photos off them. That is not > what is built into your notebook. You have a webcam, which is a > low-res moving-image video camera for use in video chat. If GoogleTalk > detects it, then it's working and has drivers installed. If you want > to play with it outside of chat, try installing the Cheese webcam > application, for instance. Webcams and digital cameras are not the > same thing and this do not use the same tools. Aha, OK, thanks for the clarification; I shall try Cheese. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
