Adam Hardy wrote: > godo on 28/01/10 13:14, wrote: >> Adam Hardy wrote: >>> I got myself a webcam to skype, and plugged it in the usb port and it >>> works fine with skype, but i want to grab an image from it in gimp or >>> with w3cam or vidcat and it doesn't work. >>> >>> in gimp, i don't even think i'm in the right menu but i can't find >>> any other menu option than "file / acquire / xsane / device dialog" >>> which gives me the error "failed to open device v4l:/dev/video0: >>> invalid argument" >>> >>> I can understand that since gimp is probably looking for a scanner >>> but I see other documentation on the net showing gimp with a dialog >>> box showing a mix of scanners and webcams. >>> >>> In skype, the config shows the webcam under devices as "UVC camera >>> (046d:09a4) (/dev/video0)" so I'm at a loss now. >>> >>> I tried v4l-conf but that just seems to be for settings on the camera >>> itself, not the OS config. >> >> did you try Cheese? I my opinion it is very good app. You can record >> movie with sound or take a photo from your web camera. > > It would be quite amusing to set the Warp effect while skyping with people. > > Yes, so OK, cheese is good - but I can't see how it's configured - > presumably though it's not using v4l. I would of course (being anal) > like to sort out the issue with gimp though. > > > Adam >
Hi, I have a very well supported uvc webcam working with every program I throw at it, but never got it to work with Gimp/Xsane since Gimp2.2, it could be related to the v4l > v4l2 shift (wild guess). Does the webcam work with Xsane ? You can use Guvcview to control the webcam output when "Skypping" (works with most "uvc" webcams, and a lot of "spca/gspca" ones), launch guvcview from a console with guvcview --control_only while using Skype. The version in Debian is a bit old, you can grab a newer one from the website: http://guvcview.berlios.de/ Not many effects available, but it's better than nothing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
