[PD] problems with pdp_v4l2

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jul 22, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010, xà wrote:
>
>> im playing with pdp_v4l2 opening the webcam via open /dev/video0 - 
>> activating the cam's led-,... but doesnt show any output at all  
>> (black screen in the pdp viewport)
>> pdp_v4l2: unsupported color model: 1431918169
>> pltfrm >> Ubuntu Karmic // Pd version 0.42.5-extended-20100108
>
> use this shell command :
>
>  perl -e 'print pack "i", 1431918169; print "\n"'
> or
>  ruby -e 'puts [1431918169].pack "i"'
>
> and it tells you :
>
>  YVYU
>
> therefore, pdp_v4l2 is trying to tell you that it doesn't support  
> the YVYU codec of your camera.
>
> (well, I hope I didn't make a mistake in those commands)
>
>> salut
>
> bonne journée

Seems like pdp_v4l2 should so that little conversion in its error  
message. YVYU is a lot easier to understand than 1431918169

.hc

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