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From: Michael Pobega <pobega@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ekiga not finding v4l
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:00:28
Message-Id: 20080706010036.GA10504@ackbar.si.rr.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Ekiga not finding v4l by Albert Hopkins
1 On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 11:41:49AM -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote:
2 > On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 12:28 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote:
3 > > For some reason when I run Ekiga it doesn't detect any v4l or v4l2
4 > > drivers...Only picture...
5 > >
6 > >
7 > Does the OS detect your device? I.E:
8 >
9 > 1. Do you see it in dmesg?
10 > 2. Does a device get created (e.g. /dev/video0)
11 > 3. Can you read from the device: e.g: $ ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -s
12 > 800x600 -r 10 -i /dev/video0 test.avi
13 >
14 > Likely your problem is one of the 3.
15 >
16 > -a
17 >
18 >
19
20 ackbar pobega # ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -s 800x600 -r 10 -i /dev/video0
21 test.avi
22 FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et
23 al.
24 configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-static --enable-shared --cc=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc --disable-altivec --disable-debug --disable-audio-oss --disable-v4l --disable-v4l2 --disable-dv1394 --disable-network --disable-opts --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-x11grab --enable-libogg --enable-gpl --enable-pp --disable-strip
25 libavutil version: 49.4.0
26 libavcodec version: 51.40.4
27 libavformat version: 51.12.1
28 built on Jul 2 2008 19:42:30, gcc: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.1)
29 Unknown input or output format: video4linux2
30
31 Apparently ffmpeg can't use v4l2 either...Perhaps there is a package
32 I've failed to emerge?
33
34
35 --
36 If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative
37 programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they
38 restrict the use of these programs.
39 - Richard Stallman

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Re: [gentoo-user] Ekiga not finding v4l Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>