Quoting Steven Brunasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tried xawtv, that didn't make it either. > > I am a little lost.
Now everything is perfectly clear!
> [root@ip21 root]# xawtv
> This is xawtv-3.54, running on Linux/i586 (2.4.7-10)
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "lightgray"
> switching visual (0x2e)
> /dev/video0 [v4l]: no overlay support
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=7,size=8x4): Invalid argument
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=15,size=8x4): Invalid argument
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=1,size=8x4): Invalid argument
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=6,size=8x4): Invalid argument
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=13,size=8x4): Invalid argument
> no way to get: 384x288 8 bit StaticGray
You have problem with the X visual. xawtv can't get any decent visual to
show -anything- on your display. It downgraded its demands to as low as
StaticGray and still no luck.
The errors above are just probing of V4l1 driver. They are OK, and I think
xawtv did find the format that the driver supports (fmt=3, I guess).
Run xdpyinfo and maybe someone better qualified than me will help you
out. IMO, you run some weird visual.
BTW, if you decode the frame from /dev/video "manually" as I suggested
you should get a viewable .ppm image. If so, the driver works, it's just
none of your v4l viewers can't get satisfaction from your X display.
Dmitri
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