Hi Theodore
> > It looks like I'll have to keep checking eBay for cheap USB v3 (HD)
> > webcams periodically.
>
> Which somebody will need to support because they will probably not work
> out of the box with an OEM driver CD ;-)
Ah yes, there is that aspect to think about before making a purchase
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012, Xavion wrote:
> Hi Theodore
>
> > As to getting that kind of resolution out of a webcam, though, it would be
> > a rather tough go due to the amount of data which has to pass over the
> > wire even if it is compressed data. The frame rate would be pretty
> > atrocious. There
Hi Jean-Francois
> It seems that the webcams handled by the driver sn9c20x work the same
> as the ones handled by sonixj. In this last driver, I adjust the JPEG
> compression to avoid the errors "USB FIFO full", and I think that these
> errors also raise the URB error -18 with the sn9c20x. I will
Hi Theodore
> As to getting that kind of resolution out of a webcam, though, it would be
> a rather tough go due to the amount of data which has to pass over the
> wire even if it is compressed data. The frame rate would be pretty
> atrocious. Therefore, you are probably not going to see that kind
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:59:28 +1100
Xavion wrote:
> >> root@Desktop /etc/motion # tail /var/log/kernel.log
> >> Mar 6 08:34:17 Desktop kernel: [ 7240.125167] gspca_main: ISOC
> >> data error: [0] len=0, status=-18
> >>...
> >
> > Hmm, error -18 is EXDEV, which according to
> > Docume
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Xavion wrote:
> Hi Hans
>
> >> The good news is that the nasty errors I was getting yesterday have
> >> magically disappeared overnight!
> >
> > That is likely because the scene you're pointing at (or the lighting
> > conditions) have changed, not all pictures compress equal
Hi Hans
>> The good news is that the nasty errors I was getting yesterday have
>> magically disappeared overnight!
>
> That is likely because the scene you're pointing at (or the lighting
> conditions) have changed, not all pictures compress equally well
> with JPEG. If you point the camera at the
Hi,
On 03/06/2012 01:44 AM, Xavion wrote:
Hi Guys
Thanks very much for the follow-up emails. Our time-zone differences
prevented me from replying sooner. I'm guessing you guys are both in
Europe, whereas I'm down and across in Australia.
As I plan to use this webcam for home security, I woul
Hi Guys
Thanks very much for the follow-up emails. Our time-zone differences
prevented me from replying sooner. I'm guessing you guys are both in
Europe, whereas I'm down and across in Australia.
As I plan to use this webcam for home security, I would prefer to keep
the JPEG quality at or above
On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:58:30 +1100
Xavion wrote:
> I can confirm that GSPCA v2.15.1 removes the bad pixels when I use
> Cheese or VLC. However, I'm sorry to report that the Motion problems
> unfortunately still remain. Is there something else I must do to
> overcome the below errors? I'm happy
Hi,
On 03/05/2012 01:03 PM, Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:33:18 +0100
Hans de Goede wrote:
I guess that motion is using the JPG compressed frames rather then
the i420 like special format these cameras also support, and it looks
like we don't reserve enoug space to buffer t
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:33:18 +0100
Hans de Goede wrote:
> I guess that motion is using the JPG compressed frames rather then
> the i420 like special format these cameras also support, and it looks
> like we don't reserve enoug space to buffer these frames. To fix this
> we need to enlarge the siz
Hi,
On 03/04/2012 10:58 PM, Xavion wrote:
Hi Jean-Francois
I can confirm that GSPCA v2.15.1 removes the bad pixels when I use
Cheese or VLC. However, I'm sorry to report that the Motion problems
unfortunately still remain. Is there something else I must do to
overcome the below errors? I'm h
Hi Jean-Francois
I can confirm that GSPCA v2.15.1 removes the bad pixels when I use
Cheese or VLC. However, I'm sorry to report that the Motion problems
unfortunately still remain. Is there something else I must do to
overcome the below errors? I'm happy to keep testing newer GSPCA
versions for
On Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:25:19 +1100
Xavion wrote:
> Thanks for letting me know that this problem will be fixed in Linux
> v3.3. It could be several weeks before my distribution releases that
> kernel. Dropping back to Linux v3.1 isn't an option, as my NVIDIA
> driver requires Linux v3.2. Can the
Hi Hans
Thanks for letting me know that this problem will be fixed in Linux
v3.3. It could be several weeks before my distribution releases that
kernel. Dropping back to Linux v3.1 isn't an option, as my NVIDIA
driver requires Linux v3.2. Can the fix for this problem also be
applied to Linux v3
Hi,
On 03/03/2012 01:23 AM, Xavion wrote:
My Microdia (SN9C201) webcam was working in Linux, but it has been
failing lately. Take a look at the attached snapshot to see what I
mean. It's like that all the time in Linux these days, but it works
perfectly in Windows.
Thanks for the picture tha
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