Further Progress...

[Peter Pregler]

On 21-Oct-99 Chris Whiteford wrote:
> Well I have not actually figgured out the error number 5 problem but it
> seams to bo away when I pull out the keyboard and put it back it (a hard
> reset of the camera).  The software provided reset code did not work.

I noticed that yesterday evening while debugging the v4l-module. I have a
look at that.

> grrrrr....  All I want is a web cam that saves to an image that will get
> updated...  That is all I need, nothing fancy nothing crazy.  Oh well

I guess I can help you with that. ;) I have w3cam (a v4l-webcam) running
with my driver. The w3cam also includes a utility called vidcat and I
can do a 'vidcat -f jpeg -s 352x240|xv -' without a problem. Guess that
is what you need. Have a look at http://lugburz.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/ for
my test-setup. I have no idea if it is stable. But on the localhost it is
working well. I will let it run and if things look stable enough I will
release the first v4l-driver before weekend.

About your decoding stuff: looks like you mix up image formats (bytes per
pixel, width, height).

-Peter



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