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From: thegeezer <thegeezer@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcamera ... view: YES record: NO ?
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:46:45
Message-Id: 5396E20D.4080708@thegeezer.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcamera ... view: YES record: NO ? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On 06/07/2014 04:18 PM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > the Logitech c920 HD Pro webcam is able to deliver 1920xq080x30fps
5 > (H.264).
6 >
7 > Now I am trying to display (watch) and record the video stream.
8 > Currently I am using guvcview.
9 >
10 > Most of the time watching is not an problem: no video delays, no
11 > frame drops, no ultra low fps...wonderful!
12 >
13 > But beware of pressing the "record" botton...
14 >
15 > KABOOM! guvcview ends with an error message, which does not say
16 > anythong to me...:
17 >
18 > (guvcview:19104): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_set_sensitive: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
19 > initiating video file context
20 > STREAM: add stream 0 to stream list
21 >
22 > I tried "cheese" which interestingly dies similiarily...
23 >
24 > Since there a zillions of things to tweak with the video and audio
25 > setting I still hope that someone got this nice camera running and
26 > recording with full hd and audio ....
27 >
28 > ?
29 >
30 > Any ide to fix that?
31 >
32 > Best regards,
33 > mcc
34 >
35 >
36 >
37 >
38 >
39 have you tried something like media-video/motion which would do much of
40 this for you (although it would qualify "any motion" as "interesting")
41 i just thought that if it is a daemon in the background always with the
42 record set this might work ...

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