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From: meino.cramer@gmx.de
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Webcam ? Help me please...
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:07:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090725150707.GA1046@solfire> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A6B0B14.5030009@gmail.com>

bn <brullonulla@gmail.com> [09-07-25 15:46]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de ha scritto:
> > Thank you for the hint. The programm says "unable to capture image".
> > Executing it as root does the same.
> 
> Very strange.
> 
> > ffmpeg could capture a video stream from my webcam, so the cam is not 
> > the problem...
> 
> Have you tried good old mplayer ? It can play the stream from your
> webcam just fine and it's very configurable.
> See:
> 
> http://brainwagon.org/2007/01/16/viewing-a-v4l-webcam-with-mplayer/
> 
> (first google hit)
> 
> m.

Hmmmm...tried that, but cannot tweak the resolution above 176x144...
That is VERY small...

The resolution given in the commandline is for the output device
(software scaled)...

Nay idea how to do this with mplayer?

M.  (also :)


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  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-25 15:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-25 10:02 [gentoo-user] Webcam ? Help me please meino.cramer
2009-07-25 10:10 ` Manuel Fiorelli
2009-07-25 11:30   ` meino.cramer
2009-07-25 11:39     ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-07-25 11:47     ` Manuel Fiorelli
2009-07-25 12:41       ` meino.cramer
2009-07-25 10:10 ` bn
2009-07-25 11:32   ` meino.cramer
2009-07-25 13:39     ` bn
2009-07-25 15:07       ` meino.cramer [this message]
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2009-07-25 22:14 Al

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