Bug 145449

Summary:	Extremely slow remote webcam motion when local webcam is sent.
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	A. Mosteo <alejandro>
Component:	MSN Plugin	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description A. Mosteo 2007-05-15 10:35:49 UTC

Version:           0.12.4 (using KDE 3.5.6, Kubuntu (feisty) 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu14)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.20-15-lowlatency

I don't have another webcam to test, so not sure how to pinpoint the problem to kopete or the drivers. 

Device: Pixart PAC207-BCA

Steps to reproduce:

Have a friend using MSN send its webcam to you. It is received normally.
Start sending your own camera. Your framerate is ok. However, the remote webcam framerate drops to around one frame each three/four seconds or less. Worse still, its no longer synchronized: you see ALL frames, as they were taken in the remote side, but extremely slowly. That is, you can see like ten seconds of remote time in one minute of local time.

If you close your webcam, the remote one starts working at full pace, or even quicker than real time, as if to "catch-up".

Comment 1 A. Mosteo 2007-05-21 12:15:52 UTC

I should add that other programs, like camorama or camstream, have no problem displaying this webcam.

I have also observed that just going to kopete->configure->devices will slow down kopete to a crawl, if the webcam is plugged in.

Comment 2 David 2007-10-21 16:07:17 UTC

I can confirm this in latest SVN, as well as in 3.5.8

Comment 3 David 2007-10-21 16:08:46 UTC

Also, kopete is very slow responding to ALL events if you are sending/receiving (as well as if you are in devices tab) webcam image. Opening new chats, writting text, and all events.

Comment 4 Mikaël Cordon 2008-01-06 14:04:35 UTC

I can confirm too, using Kopete 0.12.7 on KDE 3.5.8...

Webcam device : 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 041e:4036 Creative Technology, Ltd Webcam Live!/Live! Pro

Driver used (module compiled at home):
GSPCA/SPCA5XX USB Camera Driver

Comment 5 Cláudio da Silveira Pinheiro 2008-01-22 04:59:42 UTC

Plugin-specific issue. Changing component to MSN Plugin.

Comment 6 Sergio 2008-02-05 17:39:35 UTC

Same here.

- Logitech Quickcam Chat
- Gentoo
- gspca module
- Linux (i686) 2.6.24-zen1
- Kde 3.5.8

Comment 7 Cláudio da Silveira Pinheiro 2008-03-09 05:00:41 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140204 ***