Re: Using a Fire-i camera

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:39:54 -0800, peasthope wrote:

> Install a Unibrain Fire-i BCL 1.2 camera. Add my id to
> /etc/group/...video .
> Do "modprobe vloopback".
> 
> peter@joule:~$ lsmod | grep v4l
> v4l1_compat            10250  1 videodev peter@joule:~$ lsmod | grep
> vloop
> vloopback               9842  1
> videodev               25605  2 vloopback peter@joule:~$ ls -l
> /dev/video*
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Nov  6 14:16 /dev/video0 crw-rw----+ 1
> root video 81, 1 Nov  6 14:16 /dev/video1
> 
> Start Coriander and click on the Services tab. Under the V4L tab the
> device is /dev/video0.
> 
> A click on the V4L button gives two error windows. First "Failed to open
> V4L device, /dev/video0". Then "Error: Could not start the V4L service
> Please check that:
> -V4L kernel modules are loaded ...
> -you have read/write permission on the selected video device -the
> vloopback module is loaded".
> 
> What else should be checked?

Shouldn't this firewire camera be detected under "/dev/raw1394" or 
something like that? :-?

Greetings,

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Camaleón