[PD] [pdp]/[gridflow] trying to use a webcam

Roman Haefeli reduzierer at yahoo.de
Wed Nov 8 16:57:42 CET 2006


On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 15:26 +0000, Andrew Cavers wrote:
> Hi Roman,
> 
> On 11/8/06, Roman Haefeli <reduzierer at yahoo.de> wrote:
> > i've run into big troubles trying to use an usb cam with either gridflow
> > or pdp, but it doesn't want to work in both. i wonder if i am doing big
> > mistakes or what combination of drivers and cams work with gridflow.
> 
> There are problems with pdp and the pwc driver. pdp was designed with
> the old closed-source driver and does not work properly with latest
> open source version. The solution is to remove the pwc-specific code
> from the pdp source and then it will be treated like any other webcam.
> Details in this post:
> http://elists.resynthesize.com/pd-list/2005/07/1505225/
> 
> I have a Quickcam Pro 4000 myself and had great success using it with
> pdp after making this change.

thank you very much. you helped me a lot. it is working now in pdp. for
me it wasn't necessary to change the code. i just downloaded the newest
release of pdp (0.12.5-test-7) and i used the option '--disable-pwc'
when configuring. 

cheers
roman


		
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