camorama

[Paul Kaplan]

On Saturday 26 January 2008 2:33:07 pm Kenneth P. Turvey wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:51:26 -0500, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> > I started using a webcam and was able to get skype to find and use it.
> > However, camorama complains that it can not connect to /dev/video0 (which
> > is where the camera is).
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> > Paul
>
> I ran into the same problem with my web cam.  I don't remember all the
> details, but there are two culprits you might look into.
>
> 1) The version of the Video For Linux that your camera (or driver)
> supports.  In my case only version two was supported.
>
Not sure which package I'm looking for.  The camera is a Logitech Quickcam Pro 
for Laptop, which worked out of the box w/ skype.

> 2) Does your driver support mmap'ing the video memory?  If it doesn't you
> may not be able to use some devices.

How would I tell?
>
> To eliminate 1) above and possibly 2) you might want to try the program,
> videoview.  It isn't free software, but it does handle the later version
> of V4L and also doesn't require the mmap call.  It worked for me.
>
The free version works and is adequate for now, but I'd still like to try out 
camorama if possible.

> You'll have to find it online yourself.  If you have difficulty drop me a
> line.
>
>
>
> --
> Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com>