Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Wishes: remove flicker (50Hz) of video in Ekiga, increase resolution to 640x480, zoom function

[Jan Schampera <jan schampera web de>]

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:44:56 +0200
Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com> wrote:

> Le jeudi 07 septembre 2006 à 15:35 -0700, vatbier a écrit :
> > When I look in Ekiga at my own video of my webcam there is a flicker
> > (maybe 50Hz?)? I find it annoying.
> > I haven't used yet Ekiga to my sister (she must first get a webcam
> > too).
> > Will my sister see this flicker or will the video that's been
> > transmitted to her have no flicker? Will the H.261 QCIF Video Codec
> > remove the flicker?
> > In WinXP my Logitech QuickCam Fusion software has an option to
> > remove flicker (50Hz) from video.
 
> I don't know what's the flicker, but I think it is soemthing that
> should be related to your driver.

50Hz flickering sounds like EM inteference from the power grid.
The way he describes can be a software way, but maybe the cam has
hardware support for it somehow.

J.

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