install drivers for 200 webcam uvcvideo SPCA5XX

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install drivers for 200 webcam uvcvideo SPCA5XX

#1 Post by papos »

GSPCA/SPCA5XX is a USB Camera Driver for over 200 different webcams with chipsets from: Conexant, Etoms, Mars-Semi, Pixart, Sonix, Sunplus, Z-star - Vimicro, IcMedia - TransVision, and Zoran.
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Investigation/uvc/
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Investig ... 512.tar.gz
http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
uvcvideo-r104 integrate v4l2 not v4l1
SPCA5XX don't integrate v4l2
I have succes with uvcvideo on my acer aspire 5100 internal webcam with puppy3.01
install this package of uvcvideo and lucview
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... ch&id=8141

and type in a console
modprobe videodev
modprobe compat_ioctl32
modprobe uvcvideo

you can control the install with #usbview

I have succes to view the webcam with lucview include in the pet
and skype 2.0.0.43, better to download the last beta from
href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/ "
with skype 2.0.0.43, I receive video and audio but when I activate my video he send only one image and the cpu overflow
perharps with the next beta(osx has the 2.7 with no problem)
I have to reboot icewm with ctrl alt backspace

mplayer seem to be ok but i can't see the video
same with xawtv

if you have mplayer installed, you can use that to watch the webcam:
mplayer tv:// driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:device=/dev/video0
You can alternatively call up the gui version of mplayer by entering:
gmplayer tv:// driver=v4l2:width=352:height=288:device=/dev/video0

to automate modprobe I ad to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
modprobe videodev
modprobe compat_ioctl32
modprobe uvcvideo

I want a autodetection but howto make a script for rc.local0?
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uvcvideo_luvcview.pet
pet package of uvcvideo and luvcview compiled with 3.01
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#2 Post by papos »

du to a demand I post this
on http://mxhaard.free.fr
I have compiled gspcav1-20071224 for pup3.01 with kernel 2.6.21.7
for ZC032X based Cameras logitech sony Trust sea http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
install gspcav1-20071224_kern2.6.21.7pup3.01.pet

and type in a console
modprobe videodev
modprobe compat_ioctl32
modprobe gspca

you can test it with luvcview or spcagui spcaview

but I have no success with this driver for my webcam

MrMeenagh
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Thanks

#3 Post by MrMeenagh »

Hi Papos

Thanks for doing that! I've been trying to compile these drivers with no success!

Cheers

Brian :D

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