camorama

[Thomas Kaiser]

Kenneth P. Turvey wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:51:26 -0500, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> 
>> I started using a webcam and was able to get skype to find and use it.  
>> However, camorama complains that it can not connect to /dev/video0 (which is 
>> where the camera is).
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>> Paul
> 
> I ran into the same problem with my web cam.  I don't remember all the
> details, but there are two culprits you might look into. 
> 
> 1) The version of the Video For Linux that your camera (or driver)
> supports.  In my case only version two was supported.
> 
> 2) Does your driver support mmap'ing the video memory?  If it doesn't you
> may not be able to use some devices.  
> 
> To eliminate 1) above and possibly 2) you might want to try the program,
> videoview.  It isn't free software, but it does handle the later version
> of V4L and also doesn't require the mmap call.  It worked for me.  
> 
> You'll have to find it online yourself.  If you have difficulty drop me a
> line.  
> 
> 
> 

spcaview and spcagui are some good viewer applications, too.
http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html

Thomas


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