Re: [Ekiga-list] Need Help: Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX

[Bret Busby <bret busby net>]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:

>  When I invoke Ekiga-3.2.4 a message box pops up telling me that the
> installed video driver (v4l) does not support the colors used by Ekiga. The
> camera is a Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX and works for others
> running Slackware and other distributions.
>
>  I built and tried CamStream to see if that would help me learn what the
> problem with the video could be, but all I get from that application is a
> black window and text in the console telling me:
>
> W: VDLinux::run() VIDIOCMCAPTURE failed (Invalid argument)
> W: run(): VIDIOCSYNC(1) failed (Invalid argument)
>
>  I want to get this working so I can use Ekiga for video conferences with
> clients. I've not before used a video camera on my system so I've no idea
> where to start looking.
>
> Rich

I have ekiga 2.0.12 running on Ubuntu 8.04, with one of those webcams, 
and the testing seems to work okay.

I haven't actually used the setup for real calls (I have no-one that I 
know, who has Ekiga) using Ekiga, but, as I said, the testing of the 
device and the software apparently show it to work okay.

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