[SOLVED] WEB camera

[mackowiakp]

I can not make to work WEB Camera Microdia.

lsusb shows:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:6130 Microdia PC Camera (SN9C120)

Does anybody know, is the any driver available for such unit in M3. Or any other way to make it work?

[doktor5000]

You might want to look at http://www.spinics.net/lists/vfl/msg41227.html

[mackowiakp]

OK, but my camera connected to USB does not create /dev/video device

[mackowiakp]

Is Creative Labs, LiveCam supported by M3 ? I can not find one in compatibility list

[tom_]

have you checked if there are useful messages in dmesg?

[doktor5000]

After several times of tests i finally got /dev/video0. demesg shows:

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[ 4227.781015] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 7 using ohci_hcd
[ 4227.967757] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=6130
[ 4227.967762] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 4227.967765] usb 1-1: Product: USB camera
[ 4227.996467] media: Linux media interface: v0.10
[ 4228.007075] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 4228.010415] gspca_main: v2.14.0 registered
[ 4228.013235] gspca_main: sonixj-2.14.0 probing 0c45:6130
[ 4228.063872] input: sonixj as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb1/1-1/input/input11

But using Skype and V4L2 i got only grey screen with several small squares in upper part of picture. It is not device failure because it works properly under Windows.
So, maybe wrong driver I use?

[doktor5000]

Is Creative Labs, LiveCam supported by M3 ? I can not find one in compatibility list

Can you please try to use meaningful thread titles? Also it's not necessary to open another thread, with the
same title, which is essentially the same topic.

Apart from that, which compatibility list are you talking about?

[wintpe]

I think this camera is the same as the microsoft vx-1000

ie its a gspca device which encompass, loads of cheap and nasty web cams.

older versions of mandriva used to have issues like that described and needed the

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LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so; /usr/bin/skype.exe

hack

to work.

i thought this was fixed by now, but worth a try.

most of these cams look poor under linux, as they require much more driver processing, due to very basic hardware.

for the least trouble under any linux it is better to invest in a UVC cam see http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/

they just seem to work , with no issues, more often than not.

regards peter

[mackowiakp]

I solved the problem very easy. I bought on allegro.pl (the biggest auction portal in my country - eBay is not popular at all) used Creative Live Cam in price about 2 Euro
Just after connection - works without any other configuration. So now I have audio and video available via single USB cable. Works fine with V4L2 and Skype.
But I have another problem. After connection of Creative Live Cam, the initial sound (after login to KDE session) is lost. All other sounds from any other sources (system sounds, audio/video players etc) are working properly.
It is not big issue, but a little bit strange. Dont You think?

[wintpe]

Thats great

for others, who might read this, can you post the lsusb and manufacturers exact model number.

the more info out there about proven working hardware will help everyone.


regards peter

[doktor5000]

output from lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 041e:406b Creative Technology, Ltd

The model - unknown. The only description was "CREATIVE LIVE CAM". It because I bought that unit as "hardware only", without manual, CD or so on.