Bug 195095

Summary: My webcam is detected but not work
Product: [Unmaintained] kopete Reporter: BRULE Herman <alpha.super-one>
Component: Audio/Video PluginAssignee: Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: fschaefer.oss
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description BRULE Herman 2009-06-03 13:57:29 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.3)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

I had plug 2 webcam, It detected by kopete, but it unable to show image in settings (same in chat), I can see broken image.
Tried with:
Linux video capture interface: v2.00                                                                                                                                                                                                         
gspca: main v2.5.0 registered                                                                                                                                                                                                                
gspca: probing 045e:00f5                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
sonixj: Sonix chip id: 11                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
gspca: probe ok                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
gspca: probing 045e:00f5                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
gspca: probing 045e:00f5                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
usbcore: registered new interface driver sonixj                                                                                                                                                                                              
sonixj: registered                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
usb 1-4.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9                                                                                                                                                                            
usb 1-4.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice                                                                                                                                                                                             
gspca: probing 046d:092a                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
gspca: probe ok                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
usbcore: registered new interface driver spca561                                                                                                                                                                                             
spca561: registered                                        

Thanks to solve it.
Comment 1 Frank Schaefer 2010-01-17 11:02:45 UTC 
Webcam 045e:00f5 works fine for me.
Please install libv4l and start Kopete from the terminal with

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so kopete

Do both cams work now ?
Comment 2 Frank Schaefer 2010-02-07 12:40:06 UTC 
SVN commit 1086429 by fschaefer:

Make libv4l mandatory on Linux

Thanks to Raphael Kubo da Costa for his comments/suggestions.

CCMAIL: kde-buildsystem@kde.org
CCBUG: 195095
CCBUG: 165357
CCBUG: 166563


 M  +8 -2      CMakeLists.txt  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1086429
Comment 3 Frank Schaefer 2010-02-18 16:12:00 UTC 
SVN commit 1092225 by fschaefer:

Make libv4l mandatory on Linux

Too many devices are not working properly without it.
See discussion on the kopete-devel-mailinglist (Jan/Feb 2010).

Backport of r1092217

CCMAIL: kde-buildsystem@kde.org
CCBUG: 195095                  
CCBUG: 165357                  
CCBUG: 166563


 M  +8 -2      CMakeLists.txt  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1092225
Comment 4 Frank Schaefer 2010-02-18 16:50:05 UTC 
No reply since 1 month.
Please make sure that your packages are build with libv4l. It's mandatory now for future versions.