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.
Any inspirational advice thankfully accepted
Adam