Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Logitech QuickCam Express

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 01:22:02PM +0100, Antonio-Blasco Bonito wrote:
> 
> > From: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
> > Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 12:52:32 +0100
> 
> > On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 12:35:53AM +0100, Antonio-Blasco Bonito wrote:
> >>
> >> I cannot get video picture with my QuickCam Express. Gnomeeeting says
> >> 00:30:11 :  Opening Video device
> >> 00:30:11 :  Aperta con successo la periferica video /dev/video0,
> canale
> >> 0
> >> But I get only a black window and /var/log/messages says
> >> Feb  2 00:30:11 yoga kernel: quickcam: warning -> frame overflow
> (123) > Try to know what that message means, and we will perhaps be able
> to see
> > what is wrong in pwlib for that webcam.
> > My first suggestion would be to limit the frame rate in GnomeMeeting.
> 
> The frame overflow kernel message is not relevant, I get the same with
> xawtv, I discovered..
> 
> But I found where the problem was... ;-)
> The window size default was small and I had poor illumination. It looks
> like, with small window, what gnomeeting grabs of the picture from my
> camera is just the upper right portion, which was indeed dark, darkened.
> 
> I don't know why but to get my face in the small window I have to slide
> myself on the right of the camera... but the picture anyway is dark.
> 
> If I choose large window the picture is OK: centered and bright.

Apparently your driver doesn't support the QCIF size, and instead of resizeing, perhaps that it cuts the picture ...

It is a driver problem thus...


> 
> Thanks anyway.
> 
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