[PD] webcam problem in Gem with Ubuntu Intrepid/Pd-extended 0.41.4-rc3

[Fränk Zimmer]

ok.- thanks a lot for the help.-
Played a bit  with  different dimensions.-  The image quality  is OK  
now - at least for a webcam.
vg, fraenk


IOhannes m zmoelnig schrieb:
> Fränk Zimmer wrote:
>> The Gem version in the recent pd-ectended does not suppoert 
>> video4linux2.
>> I tried your workaround.-
>>
>> 1) installed the libv4l-dev with synaptics
>>
>> 2)
>> % export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
>> % pd -lib Gem
>>
>> It works. So I`ll  have to start pd-ext everytime with this 2 lines.
>
>
>> BUT the image quality is quiete bad. Is this because of the new driver ?
>> Can I get a better quality? (the same as in winXP or in PDP on Ubuntu)
>
> the default resolution is 64x64 (which _is_ bad), send a [dimen 640 
> 480( to [pix_video] to change it (probably your cam doesn't like 
> 640x480 so try other known-to-work values)
>
> fgamdsr
> IOhannes
>


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