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Rhiakath
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:28 pm    Post subject: webcam MS vx3000 garbage image Reply with quote

Hi there.
I know it's a microsoft webcam. they're evil, bla bla bla, take over the world, yadda yadda.

nevertheless, it's what i have, and it worked :)

i was recently trying to enable it, only to find there's no gspca package anymore, and it got built-in.

i seem to be able to detect it, using gspca_sonix module.

for some reason, the image is garbage.

when i try spcaview, it outputs this

Quote:

Spcaview version: 1.1.8 date: 25:12:2007 (C) mxhaard@magic.fr
Initializing SDL.
SDL initialized.
bpp 3 format 15
Using video device /dev/video0.
Initializing v4l.
**************** PROBING CAMERA *********************
Camera found: USB camera
Hmm did not support Video_channel
*****************************************************



and a whole lot of

Quote:

cvsync err
: Invalid argument
cmcapture: Invalid argument
>>cmcapture err -1


from there on.

Can anyone help me out with this?
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loisl
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hai,

chances are good that this could be solved by media-libs/libv4l

Emerge it and follow the hints from the Elog.
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