On Tuesday 23 January 2007 15:22, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 17:02 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 22 January 2007 16:28, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 14:22 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Monday 08 January 2007 18:36, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 17:50 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > It's very frustrating. Two or three years back I had > > > > > > gnomemeeting working. I used it for a linux to linux and for a > > > > > > linux to windows session (netmeeting). I haven't needed it for a > > > > > > long time, so I've been quite shocked to see how hard it is now. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > > Yep. > > > > > Until it gets sorted out, try amsn. > > > > > > > > Although I can send and receive video in amsn, there are still some > > > > problems. The picture is very jerky, both in my preview and receive > > > > frames. I know that I have the firewall ports correctly opened and > > > > forwarded, and Test Port gives me OK. My friend may still have some > > > > firewall problems. Have you any ideas, please? > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > What does mplayer tv:// -tv > > > driver=v4l:width=XXX:height=YYY:device=/dev/video0 show? > > > If the picture is still jerky, it's a driver problem (or Video4Linux > > > problem). > > > If the image is perfect, it's a amsn problem. > > > > Movement is smooth, Colour is disgusting :-) otherwise known as sh** > > > > From googling I've come to the conclusion that colour is a driver problem > > - would you agree? Not that amsn shows this disgusting colour, but it's > > far from right. > > > > Anne > > If v4l is broken - it is indeed a driver problem. > It is much better in ekiga, although the colour controls are still not all working. > There's a new driver that was just released: > http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20070110.tar.gz > > Does it solve the problem? I think it's the atrpms build of that driver that I have: Name : gspcav1 Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.00.12 Vendor: ATrpms.net Release : 3.fc6.at Build Date: Mon 15 Jan 2007 12:37:41 AM GMT Install Date: Thu 18 Jan 2007 07:38:51 PM GMT Build Host: teufli.physik.fu-berlin.de Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM: gspcav1-1.00.12-3.fc6.at.src.rpm Size : 2197 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Mon 15 Jan 2007 12:37:41 AM GMT, Key ID 508ce5e666534c2b Packager : ATrpms <http://ATrpms.net/> URL : http://mxhaard.free.fr/ Anne
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