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