[PD] GEM + Logitech Quickcam = no textures

[Ian Smith-Heisters]

Maybe this will shed some light. Before the big kernel compile snafu, PDP couldn't grab frames either. Now PDP
can, but Gem still can't.

-Ian
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [PD] GEM + Logitech Quickcam = no textures
> From: "Ian Smith-Heisters" <heisters at 0x09.com>
> Date: Wed, April 28, 2004 4:26 pm
> To: gml at xs4all.nl
> Cc: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" <zmoelnig at iem.at>, pd-list at iem.at
> 
> I got the kernel compiled and pwcx installed. I behaves similarly,
> except for an added message in kern.log:
> 
> pwc decode_size = 1
> pwc set_video_mode(160x120 @ 10, palette 15)
> 
> This is the output from Gem, which looks just about the same as before
> the new kernel and modules.
> 
> starting transfer
> cap: name Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 type 1 channels 1 maxw 640 maxh
> 480 minw 160 minh 120
> 
> picture: brightness 31744 depth 24 palette 15
> 
> channel 0 name Webcam type 2 flags 0
> 
> setting to channel 0
> buffer size 921600, frames 2, offset 0 460800
> 
> wanted format is 0x1908
> setting cmcapture to 160x120    5
> now trying standard palette 15
> frame 0 0, format 15, width 160, height 120
> 
> GEM: pix_video: Opened video connection C
> vmmap 825A264
> VIDIOCSYNC: Invalid argument
> stop transfer
> 
> Now, with block and p2s-s2p the cube is mapped with a blurry garble and
> intermittent fuzzy cyan dots. But this
> is different distortion than I was getting before, it's similiar to
> using p2s-s2p w/out the block object on the
> old kernel. The new kernel is 2.6.5 with pwc/x 0.9 beta.
> 
> I'm stumped at this point, so help of any kind would be great.
> 
> -Ian
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: RE: [PD] GEM + Logitech Quickcam = no textures
> > From: gml at xs4all.nl
> > Date: Wed, April 28, 2004 7:01 am
> > To: "Ian Smith-Heisters" <heisters at 0x09.com>
> > Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> > 
> > For what it's worth,
> > I never got my logitech quickcam notebook pro working _without_
> pwcx.
> > With it it is working fine. (except that I have to unplug it and
> plug
> > it
> > in again if pdp closed it/crashed. Otherwise I get a blackout every
> > second
> > or so. With Gem it just works.
> > 
> > I am using the 0.9 beta drivers.
> > 
> > Gerard
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Yep. That did the trick. The image was very garbled and it ate up
> > ~30% of
> > > my processor cycles, but it worked.
> > > I'm still going to try kernel compilation and pcwx, but I don't
> think
> > that
> > > will fix it.
> > 
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