Re: Video Source Question

["Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org>]

On Nov 12, 2007 1:50 AM,  <patrys pld-linux org> wrote:
> It probes various sources until it finds one suitable for use. If
> there is a problem with your webcam (cheese not detecting it
> properly), please submit a bug and proide us with details of the
> device (especially HAL information for camera in question).
>
> 2007/11/10, David Greengas <dave greengas gmail com>:
>
> > In order to use my webcam with gstreamer, I needed to enter a custom
> > source for video input, v4l2src ! jpegdec. After doing this, I can use
> > gst-launch gconfvideosrc ! gconfvideosink to properly show video.
> > However, in Cheese, I did not notice any reference to gconfvideosrc. How
> > does Cheese determine the correct video source if it does not use
> > gconfvideosrc?
> >
> > I am very eager to try out Cheese with my webcam.
> >

I've just added HAL webcam detection to cheese on the
cheese_0_2_4_refactor branch
You can try that out if you like.
You'll need gstreamer compiled from CVS though.

Jaap