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Date:      Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:23:11 +0200
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
To:        beni brinckman <beni@brinckman.info>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: webcamd and webcams under 8.1-rel
Message-ID:  <201008071023.11660.hselasky@c2i.net>
In-Reply-To: <201008061600.28305.beni@brinckman.info>
References:  <201008061517.59917.beni@brinckman.info> <201008061545.41639.hselasky@c2i.net> <201008061600.28305.beni@brinckman.info>

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On Friday 06 August 2010 16:00:28 beni brinckman wrote:
> On Friday 06 August 2010 15:45:41 Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > On Friday 06 August 2010 15:47:41 beni brinckman wrote:
> > > pwcview is installed.
> > > This is the result with the V-uap cam :
> > > 
> > > [beni@bsdaddict] /usr/home/beni# pwcview
> > > Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps
> > > Failed to create yuvoverlay: Can't use YUV data on non 16/24/32 bit
> > > surfaces
> > 
> > Try to chown /dev/videoX instead of running pwcview like root.
> > 
> > --HPS
> 
> Changed the owner of /dev/video0. Now I'm getting this (as normal user):
> 
> [beni@bsdaddict /usr/home/beni]$ pwcview
> Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps
> Warning short read, got only 3066 of 115200 bytes
> Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes
> Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes
> Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes
> Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes
> Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes
> Warning short read, got only 25550 of 115200 bytes
> 
> And this message goes on and on. I get a new pwcview window on the desktop
> with a billiard green color but still no image.
> But it is already more than before !
> 
> With the Creative webcam5 still nothing. So I guess i will have to abandon
> that one and stick with the Logitech.

Try installing a newer version of libv4l. Or try a different mode:

pwcview -s vga

--HPS



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