[PD] Trying to figure out why pix_video isn't working

[Jaime Oliver]

hi jim,

I don't know what that error message is.

you should get the latest gem from svn and compile with libv4l-devel
or libv4l-dev, i don't know how it's called in jaunty.

that seems to be solving many people's problems including my own.
there is a bunch of posts about it.

best,

J

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:52 AM, jim <cinetron at passport.ca> wrote:
>
> For some reason pix_video isn't working for me. I've tried a few
> different webcams, all of which work in other programs. I'm on a 64 bit
> Linux Jaunty machine and using
>
> Pd version 0.42.4.
> GEM: ver: 0.91.3 'tigital'
>
> I keep getting this error in the console when I select a camera using a
> device message
>
> VDIOCGCHAN: Invalid argument
>
> Any thoughts how to track the problem down and get it working?
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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