Re: [Ekiga-list] Creative Optia problems



Hi,

Fortunately, this has been fixed in CVS of pwlib :
2007-07-01 17:20  dsandras

	* src/: ptlib/common/tinyjpeg.cxx, ptclib/psockbun.cxx: Fixed
	  potential problems with MJPEG-based cameras thanks Matthias
	  Schneider <ma30002000 yahoo de>. Thanks a lot!

Be aware, at the moment opal is broken, compiling SVN version will get you in trouble...

Better wait 2.0.10, or a better opal, or apply yourself...

Regards,
Yannick

Le mercredi 04 juillet 2007 �6:58 -0700, Ben Jencks a �it :
> Thanks for your quick response, that fixed the memory usage
> problem. However, now I get no picture at all, just a grey
> space. General History says
> 16:49:36 Successfully opened video device Live! Cam Optia, channel 0
> and the active light on the camera is on. Using the configuration
> druid's test device button, I get
> Failed to open the device
> 
> Could not open the chosen channel with the chosen video format.
> 
> I realize this isn't very much information, I'm happy to provide more if
> you tell me how to get it.
> -Ben
> 
> yannick <sevmek free fr> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Maybe it will be better with those packages :
> > http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Linux_Users#Feisty_i386
> >
> > Regards,
> > Yannick
> >
> > Le mercredi 04 juillet 2007 �4:05 -0700, Ben Jencks a �it :
> >> First, my setup:
> >> 
> >>  * Ubuntu Feisty, with included kernel and uvcvideo module
> >>  * Creative Labs Live! Cam Optia
> >>  * Ekiga 2.0.9, OPAL 2.2.8, PWLib 1.10.7, all built from source from
> >>    Ekiga website. I had to hack the PWLib configure script in order to
> >>    enable V4L2 [1], this may be related to the problems.
> >> 
> >> The problems:
> >> When I start Ekiga, it immediately uses massive amounts of memory (1G
> >> virtual, 750M resident according to top), causing a delay while
> >> everything else is swapped out.
> >> 
> >> The video display shows the initial view of the webcam. The very top
> >> portion of the image shows motion, but most of the image is static.
> >> 
> >> The camera works with kdetv (V4L2 driver) and luvcview, though I haven't
> >> managed to get xawtv working.
> >> 
> >> Has anyone managed to get this camera working with ekiga?
> >> 
> >> [1] Without this patch, config.log reported
> >> 
> >> configure:4313: checking for linux/videodev2.h
> >> configure:4344: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
> >> In file included from conftest.c:21:
> >> /usr/include/linux/time.h:10: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'time_t'
> >> /usr/include/linux/time.h:16: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'time_t'
> >> 
> >> --- plugins/configure.orig      2007-07-04 13:58:18.000000000 -0700
> >> +++ plugins/configure   2007-07-04 00:38:59.000000000 -0700
> >> @@ -4321,10 +4321,10 @@
> >>  cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
> >>  cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
> >>  /* end confdefs.h.  */
> >> -
> >> +$ac_includes_default
> >>  #ifdef __linux__
> >> -#include <linux/types.h>
> >> -#include <linux/time.h>
> >> +// #include <linux/types.h>
> >> +// #include <linux/time.h>
> >>  #else
> >>  #ifdef __sun
> >>  #include <sys/types.h>
> >> 
> >> -Ben Jencks
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> >> 
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