webcam: tweaks to improve image quality?

[Neil]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Francisco Borges
<francisco.borges at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a webcam (FWIW: Logitech QuickCam E 3500).
>
> It works! With kopete, skype and cheese (cheese rocks!). I succeeded
> using it with meconder as well.
>
> [....]
>
> However in any of these situations the image quality is WAY below that
> of what the camera supports. Mencoder reports 4 to 5 frames per
> second.
>
> Does anyone has tips on how to try to increase the framerate or image quality?
>
> Kind regards,
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Hi

What kind of motherboard do you have?
Did you try and use another USB port?

There have been some motherboards with some USB 1.1 ports for long
after the introduction of USB 2.0. This was because some USB 1.1
devices would not work with USB 2.0 ports apparently, and you may have
picked an 1.1 port. This only allows for a far slower connection.

If that doesn't work, could you please start capturing with mencoder
and post the output here? To do this you must start mencoder,
preferably with the addition of -v:
If you'd usually use:
      mencoder video://1 /path/to/target
you'd have to use now
      mencoder -v video://1 /path/to/target
This will help the wizards detect the source

Greetings
Neil

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