[GnomeMeeting-list] Re: Philips 720K Webcam

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Here it is, I'm sending this mail to the mailing list for people who could
have problems with the same webcam as you. Thanks again for the feedback,
and thanks too to the author who fixed the bug.



On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:48:59AM +0000, Kristoffer Ericson wrote:
> (You are welcome to post this on your mailing-list or archive for future 
> notice)
> 
> Greetings Damien,
> 
> As promised i'm sending this message to tell you that the ov518+ bug has 
> now been solved and Mark McClelland has implemented the fix. Probobly the 
> driver won't be released for a couple of days yet.
> 
> Gnomemeeting now works perfectly, using my philips xs ov518+ chipbased 
> webcam. All ov518+ cameras are probobly affected though.
> 
> Message from Mark
> l?r jul 13 01:54:22 2002 [----]
> (fix, sent to me by mark)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> There are two ov->packet_numbering lines. Both should be set to 1:
> /* OV518+ has packet numbering turned on by default */
> if (ov->bridge == BRG_OV518)
> ov->packet_numbering = 1;
> else
> ov->packet_numbering = 1;
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> when the fresh driver is released (probobly 1.62, from what mark tells me) 
> it will include this fix. It's availabel from http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/
> 
> Lastly i would like to thank Mark, for his patience(with me!) and work 
> creating,coding and maintaining this driver.
> 
> Any questions, contact Mark or me
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
> >To: Kristoffer Ericson <kristoffer_e1 hotmail com>
> >Subject: Re: Philips 720K Webcam
> >Date: 03 Jun 2002 14:43:36 +0200
> >
> >Le lun 03/06/2002 ? 13:37, Kristoffer Ericson a ?crit :
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> I've been working on getting my Gnomemeeting to work for ages now, the
> >> compilation messed up on my M8.2 but manage (quite smoothly) to install 
> >it
> >> on a RH 7.3 Machine.
> >>
> >> But about the webcam problem, i feel like i've tried every possible
> >> combination without luck. It's a Philips 720K XS (made by omnivision).
> >>
> >
> >I see, it is the ov511 module, and I guess you mailed the pwc author :)
> >I never tried this webcam, I don't know what happens, but it is a bug in
> >PWLib probably, or a bug in your driver that PWLib could try to prevent
> >to appear.
> >
> >Everything happens in pwlib/src/ptlib/unix/video4linux.cxx
> >If you can see where it fails.
> >
> >A good thing would be to try the newest version of the module on
> >alpha.dyndns.org . The version there is newer than in the kernel.
> >
> >I will close the bug, that doesn't mean I don't want to help you to fix
> >it, but the bug is not in GnomeMeeting, it is most probably something in
> >the pwlib library that GnomeMeeting is using.
> >
> >
> >> Whatever i do, it's not possible to get it to work.
> >>
> >> Just wanted to hear if you have any big tips? I've mailed the maintainer
> >> asking if there's anyway to disable compression but from what i can 
> >gather
> >> the decompression module is needed by the driver to function.
> >>
> >
> >I think that the best thing is to mail him asking to help with PWLib and
> >the philips webcam.
> >It is very difficult for me to fix anything, because Im not the author
> >of the library, and I don't have that webcam...
> >
> >Please tell me any further progress.
> >
> >> I apologize for using your privat mail to discuss these matters, but i 
> >think
> >> GM is a great product and it would mean alot to me if i got it to work
> >> properly.
> >>
> >> Best wishes
> >>
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