Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:58:15 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 06:42:11PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
Okay.
Running m-a a-i qc-usb might have been easy, but it does not result in
an application that I can run.
no. it just builds the drivers.
I still do not have an application that runs on Debian 4.0, that will
allow me to record video with sound, from the Logitech QuickCam
Communicate STX.
I've lost track of the beginning of this thread, but on the assumption
that the driver works and provides appropriate devices, there are a
number of programs that would capture video. What have you tried? I
suspect that at a minimum, ffmped and mendcoder could do it and there
are surely others.
So, I booted the laptop into Windows XP, and installed the software that
came with the webcam, and got that running, but the video files that
that creates, are only in the .wmv file format, and the only application
that I have on Debian 4.0, that can read .wmv files, is xine, and,
whilst that plays the sound, it does things to the video component, that
are like what I imagine an acid trip to be like; kind of like a "Lucy in
the sky with diamonds" kind of thing.
If I cannot run the webcam with Debian 4.0, to record videoclips, does a
converter exist for Debian 4.0, that can convert .wmv files into .mpeg
files, so that the files cam be platform independent?
I believe mencoder can do this. man mencoder.
A
Aah, yes, but the problem, having found mencoder, is in trying to
install it.
I found a package of it, and downloaded it, and the following show
attempts to install it.
I had to run Synaptic, to repair my system, and mencoder got broken, and
apparently, some other packages got removed or something, and had to be
reinstalled due to the installation having failed.
dpkg -i mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package mencoder.
(Reading database ... 172966 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mencoder (from mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb)
...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mencoder:
mencoder depends on libavcodeccvs51 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libavcodeccvs51 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libavformatcvs51 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libavformatcvs51 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libavutilcvs49 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libavutilcvs49 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libdvdnav4 (>= 0.1.10); however:
Package libdvdnav4 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libfaac0 (>= 1.25); however:
Package libfaac0 is not installed.
mencoder depends on liblame0 (>= 3.97); however:
Package liblame0 is not installed.
mencoder depends on liblzo2-2; however:
Package liblzo2-2 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libmpcdec3; however:
Package libmpcdec3 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libpostproccvs51 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libpostproccvs51 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libtwolame0; however:
Package libtwolame0 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libxvidcore4 (>= 1:1.0.0-0.0); however:
Package libxvidcore4 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mencoder (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mencoder
bretnewworkstation:/home/bret/Downloads# man aptitude
Reformatting aptitude(8), please wait...
bretnewworkstation:/home/bret/Downloads# aptitude install
mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched
"mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb"
The following packages are BROKEN:
mencoder
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mencoder: Depends: libavcodeccvs51 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libavformatcvs51 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libavutilcvs49 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libdvdnav4 (>= 0.1.10) but it is not installable
Depends: libfaac0 (>= 1.25) which is a virtual package.
Depends: liblame0 (>= 3.97) which is a virtual package.
Depends: liblzo2-2 but it is not installable
Depends: libmpcdec3 but it is not installable
Depends: libpostproccvs51 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libtwolame0 but it is not installable
Depends: libxvidcore4 (>= 1:1.0.0-0.0) which is a virtual
package.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
mencoder
Score is -299
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
bretnewworkstation:/home/bret/Downloads# aptitude install
/home/bret/Downloads/mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched
"/home/bret/Downloads"
The following packages are BROKEN:
mencoder
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mencoder: Depends: libavcodeccvs51 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libavformatcvs51 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libavutilcvs49 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libdvdnav4 (>= 0.1.10) but it is not installable
Depends: libfaac0 (>= 1.25) which is a virtual package.
Depends: liblame0 (>= 3.97) which is a virtual package.
Depends: liblzo2-2 but it is not installable
Depends: libmpcdec3 but it is not installable
Depends: libpostproccvs51 (>= 3:20070329) which is a virtual
package.
Depends: libtwolame0 but it is not installable
Depends: libxvidcore4 (>= 1:1.0.0-0.0) which is a virtual
package.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
mencoder
Score is -299
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] m-a a-i
mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb
Invalid response; please enter one of the following commands:
y: accept the proposed changes
n: reject the proposed changes and search for another solution
q: give up and quit the program
,: move to the next solution
.: move to the previous solution
o: view an explanation of the changes in the solution
e: examine the solution in the visual user interface
r pkg ver ...: reject the given package versions; don't display any
solutions in which they occur.
a pkg ver ...: accept the given package versions; display only
solutions in which they occur.
<ACTION> pkg... : adjust the state of the listed packages, where
ACTION is one of:
'+' to install packages
'+M' to install packages and immediately flag them as automatically
installed
'-' to remove packages
'_' to purge packages
'=' to place packages on hold
':' to keep packages in their current state without placing them on
hold
'&M' to mark packages as automatically installed
'&m' to mark packages as manually installed
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
bretnewworkstation:/home/bret/Downloads# dpkg -i
mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 172983 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mencoder 1:1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1 (using
mencoder_1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mencoder ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mencoder:
mencoder depends on libavcodeccvs51 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libavcodeccvs51 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libavformatcvs51 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libavformatcvs51 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libavutilcvs49 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libavutilcvs49 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libdvdnav4 (>= 0.1.10); however:
Package libdvdnav4 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libfaac0 (>= 1.25); however:
Package libfaac0 is not installed.
mencoder depends on liblame0 (>= 3.97); however:
Package liblame0 is not installed.
mencoder depends on liblzo2-2; however:
Package liblzo2-2 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libmpcdec3; however:
Package libmpcdec3 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libpostproccvs51 (>= 3:20070329); however:
Package libpostproccvs51 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libtwolame0; however:
Package libtwolame0 is not installed.
mencoder depends on libxvidcore4 (>= 1:1.0.0-0.0); however:
Package libxvidcore4 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mencoder (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mencoder
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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