[Ekiga-list] logitech messenger camera

David Ford dford at ansur.demon.co.uk
Wed Jul 11 11:15:03 UTC 2007


Try :-
Michel Xhaard

http://mxhaard.free.fr

He writes most of the webcam drivers for Linux.

David

Michael Stockenhuber wrote:
> Any suggestions on how to fix and/or get a different driver?
> Cheers
>
> Michael
>
> On Wed 11.07.2007 09:45, Julien Puydt wrote:
>
>   
>> Steven R. Anderson a écrit :
>>     
>>> On Tue, July 10, 2007 1:33 pm, Michael Stockenhuber wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I have got a logitech messenger webcam on debian testing (AMD64). I
>>>> use
>>>> the gspca driver and the camera works fine using e.g., kopete.
>>>> However,
>>>> ekiga only shows a part of the picture. What I read this is a scaling
>>>> problem (to get to lower resolution) and the main web page FAQ
>>>> suggests to post in the mailing list.
>>>>         
>>> FYI, I have the same video problem when running Ekiga on Debian Etch -
>>> i386, using a 3-com HomeConnect USB camera.
>>>       
>> Kopete asks a width x height to the webcam's driver.
>> The webcam's driver is able to do that and replies "Ok".
>> Image is perfect!
>>
>> Ekiga asks another width x height to the driver.
>> The webcam's driver is unable to deliver that, so it should reply "I
>> can't", but instead, it replies "Ok".
>> Image is incorrect.
>>
>> Ekiga can't do anything : the driver has to be fixed not to lie : if
>> the
>> driver says "I can't", ekiga will try something else.
>>
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