Re: [Ekiga-list] Philips SPC620NC, Video garbled

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus rath org>]

Hello,

I don't quite understand your suggestion.. There are only some codecs
and multimedia related software for download - how is this related to
my problem?

Best,
Nikolaus


"Edward Dunagin" <edunagin gmail com> writes:
> Maybe you can take a look at http://www.free-codecs.com and see if any
> fit your needs. I saw some that might work for you.
>
> Peace................ed
> Edward Dunagin-Dunigan
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> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus rath org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using a Philips SPC620NC webcam using the v4l2 driver. Ekiga
>> version is 2.0.12 (from Ubuntu Hardy). Ekiga's configuration druid
>> successfully performs all the tests. I can also access the webcam
>> sucessfully using e.g. mplayer and luvcview (example screenshot:
>> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15698358/Screenshot-MPlayer-1.png ).
>>
>> In ekiga however, the video display is mangled. It is solely in green
>> and has horizontal stripes all over. I have uploaded a screenshot to
>> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15698333/Screenshot-Ekiga.png
>>
>> I have also enquired on the linux-uvc driver list about this issue. I
>> was told that such a phenomenon might happen if ekiga receives yuv
>> data but interprets it as png.
>>
>> Interestingly enough, luvcview tells me that my camera only sends in
>> yuv:
>>
>> # luvcview -f jpg
>> luvcview version 0.2.1
>> Video driver: x11
>> A window manager is available
>> video /dev/video0
>> Unable to set format: 22.
>>  Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal
>>
>> and directly terminates.
>>
>> nokile:~/projekte/s3fs$ luvcview -f yuv
>> luvcview version 0.2.1
>> Video driver: x11
>> A window manager is available
>> video /dev/video0
>>
>> shows the picture nicely.
>>
>>
>> However, I also heard that other people with webcams who deliver only
>> yuv are running ekiga nicely, so I suppose it is not a principal
>> problem.
>>
>>
>> Does someone have an idea how I can fix this problem? Is there an
>> option to force ekiga to use the yuv format or something like that?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>   -Nikolaus
>>
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   -Nikolaus

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