Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] working webcams with gnomemeeting

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le jeudi 27 janvier 2005 à 16:34 +0100, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> Le jeudi 27 janvier 2005 à 16:30 +0100, Kilian Krause a écrit :
> > Hi Damien,
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, den 27.01.2005, 16:00 +0100 schrieb Damien Sandras:
> > > Le jeudi 27 janvier 2005 à 15:55 +0100, Kilian Krause a écrit :
> > > > Hi Adam,
> > > > 
> > > > [snip]
> > > > > because last the last
> > > > > webcam(dlink dsb-c310) (http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html) could
> > > > > take jpeg pictues, but it didn't work on WS3 or FC with gnomemeeting?
> > > > 
> > > > OV511 has a sort of *crappy* picture usually, but does do V4L
> > > > (Video4Linux). Thus it should work with GM.
> > > 
> > > This one is only able to capture using Jpegs. That is not
> > > video4linux-compliant and requires each application to have specific
> > > patches to make it work. Very specific behavior unfortunately :(
> > 
> > then that's specific to that cam with OV511..  I have used OV511 with my
> > Creative Webcam for long time and it basically worked (except for a
> > dreadful picture)...
> 
> Yes, perhaps I overlooked the mail. Not sure the camera I'm talking
> about is an ov511 one, but I know there is a new camera with a new
> driver, only able to capture in JPEG.
> 
> A few users have asked me to add support for that camera. It seems the
> only non-compliant part wrt V4L is the JPEG format which is not defined
> by V4L and requires all apps to have specific patches.

No, I was right :
D-Link DSB-C310 is supported by ov519 and they say :
"NOTE: The ov519 driver only works with applications that support JPEG
video format. So far the only ones that do are the two test applications
that come with the driver."

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