[Ekiga-list] logitech messenger camera

Michael Stockenhuber mcs1 at ntlworld.com
Wed Jul 11 10:52:34 UTC 2007


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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