On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:41:19AM -0500, christophe barbé wrote:
> The Xawtv outputs are interesting :
>
> # xawtv
> This is xawtv-3.68, running on Linux/i586 (2.4.17)
> /dev/video0 [v4l]: no overlay support
That's normal.
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
That too, because of the earlier warning about overlay.
> v4l: timeout (got SIGALRM), hardware/driver problems?
> ioctl: VIDIOCSYNC(0): Appel système interrompu
> v4l: timeout (got SIGALRM), hardware/driver problems?
> ioctl: VIDIOCSYNC(1): Appel système interrompu
xawtv has a very short timeout when it tries to grab frames. It really
was made for TV cards, not webcams. You can either change xawtv's
libng/grab-v4l.c and edit the line containing #define SYNC_TIMEOUT, or
use a program like gqcam that is written especially for slow USB
webcams.
The problems with the other USB devices might be caused by the fact that
USB webcams will use all the available bandwidth.
-- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net>
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