Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:27:05 +0100 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Subject: Re: webcamd-3.0.0.2: skype-2.1.0.81,1 works, but pwcview does not Message-ID: <20111123112705.GA55436@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20111122043936.GA2199@tinyCurrent> References: <20111118185259.GA1113@tiny> <201111212013.pALKD1UR098794@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <20111122043936.GA2199@tinyCurrent>
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 05:39:37AM +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Monday, November 21, 2011 a las 09:13:01PM +0100, Juergen Lock escribió: > > > In article <20111118185259.GA1113@tiny> you write: > > >Hello, > > > > > >I'm testing on a 10-CURRENT webcamd-3.0.0.2 and it turns out that > > >skype-2.1.0.81,1 works fine, but pwcview says: > > > > > >Failed to get current picture info: Invalid argument > > > > > >The cam in question is a Phillips SPC 900 (vendor 0x0471 product 0x0329) > > >and with the normal pwc.ko the pwcview works fine. > > >Any ideas? > > > > Is this the pwcview from the same-name port or the one from the > > pwcbsd driver port? I think the latter doesn't work with V4L2... > > Yes, this was the problem. The port multimedia/pwcview was not installed > as it conflicts with multimedia/pwcbsd; I deleted this and > multimedia/pwcview works fine; > > btw: I only use pwcview to set the frame rate of my cam to 25 before > starting Skype; is there some better way to set it per default to this > value? > Hm webcamd -s lists: pwc-if.fps=0 <int> >Initial frames per second. Varies with model, useful range 5-30 As long as pwc-if really is the same as the driver used for your camera, setting webcamd_flags="-m pwc-if.fps=25" in rc.conf(5) should do it. > Thanks for your hint You're welcome! :) Juergen
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