Re: [GnomeMeeting-list]Video problem & can't get to ftp site for 0.12

[Arthur Kahlich <art kahlich com>]

Hi again,
Just got version 0.11-2 video to work, but I don't know 
what I did exactly.  I downloaded the src rpm's for 0.11 
and installed them.  I then found the place where the 
error message came from.  I started by commenting 
out all but the first term of the if statement that opens 
the webcam.  No picture, but no error.  I then uncommented 
the last term, again no picture, no error.  After uncommenting 
the last three, then I had picture and no error!  I then proceeded 
to uncomment the rest of the terms in the if statement to 
see where the error would occur.  It didn't occur.  I could 
then run the rpm installed version instead of the version 
from the src directory, and it now works!  It appears that 
the video open, at least with the cpia_usb kernel driver, is 
not very robust at this point.

I do have other problems with my machine, in that right 
now I have no sound from any program.  I will be working 
on that, then I think I could hear outside calls.

Other observations:
1. For my camera, the top 2 video settings sliders seem 
to have no effect.
2. The camera occasionally starts up in a higher resolution 
mode and I only see 1/4 of its field of view in the small 
window mode.
3. It would be really useful to have a VU meter for the 
Mic input level.  You could try to put in some sort of 
AGC, but I can tell you from experience that doing a 
good one is waaay harder than it might first seem.

Art

On October 26,2001 09:45:32 PM Arthur Kahlich wrote:
> Hi,
> I just installed the RedHat rpm's for GM 0.11-2 & 
> haven't had any luck getting video self-test to work.
> It gives the following log entry for video:
> 
> 21:34:02 :  Error while opening video device /dev/video0, channel 0. A
> test
> image will be transmitted.
> 
> I am running Redhat 7.1 with the Ximian Gnome set of 
> packages installed on top of that.  I have updated the 
> kernel to 2.4.3-12.  My video is on /dev/video0 , it is 
> an old Ezonics EZ-Cam USB using the cpia_usb driver.  
> 
> I know the camera works, I tested it using gqcam.  It 
> also works as an input device for xsane.  I make sure 
> neither program is running whilst I try GM.
> 
> I wanted to try the CVS 0.12 version since you put 
> more detailed video error messages in it, but I can't 
> get a connect to linuxzone.ath.cx .
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