MandrivaUsers.org > Philips webcam not working [solved]

neddie

Sep 7 2008, 04:49 PM

After the webcams discussion in another thread, I bought a Philips 1300 and excitedly plugged it in. I got a brief flash of the blue light, and then nothing else, and kdetv didn't seem to find any cameras connected.

I looked in /var/log/messages, and saw this:

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usb 4-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 4-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Philips SPC 1300NC Webcam (0471:0331)
Device initialization failed: the default format and/or frame are not valid.
uvcvideo: <3>uvcvideo: Failed to initialize the device (-22).
3:3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x84

So it seemed to recognise uvcvideo ok, but then couldn't initialize the camera for some reason.

I tried lsusb, and got this:

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# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0471:0331 Philips

And then saw a program called kdetvv4lsetup, which unfortunately just gave this:

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$ kdetvv4lsetup
kdetvv4lsetup: using X11 display :0
dga: version 2.0
mode: 1400x1050, depth=16, bpp=16, bpl=4096, base=0xf0020000
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory

which makes sense cos there isn't a /dev/video* and no other likely-looking devices either.

Any ideas what I can do? I'm running 2007 Spring if that makes any difference, is it possible I'm using old drivers or something?

neddie

Sep 9 2008, 05:58 PM

Anyone?

SilverSurfer60

Sep 9 2008, 06:18 PM

Sorry Neddie but I have nothing to offer. Just so you know someone is out here.

adamw

Sep 9 2008, 06:24 PM

If the driver is correctly loaded but doesn't work with the cam that can be tough to fix :\ I would Google the error message and see what you get.

Lexicon

Sep 9 2008, 07:20 PM

Just no find of exact equivalent of this camera one should public meeting to try.
But not I know anything about Your system.
Connect camera and pass

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lsmod | grep gspca

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urpmi xawtv

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xawtv -hwscan

This as yet so many

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Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0471:0331 Philips
Philips     244     0x0471     0x0322     DMVC 1300K           spca504b           Yes     Jpeg     spca5xx/LE     ****
Philips     202     0x0471     0x0326     SPC300NC           vc0305     Pas106     Yes     Jpeg     spca5xx/LE gspca v4l1/v4l2 ***
Philips     226     0x0471     0x032d     SPC210NC           vc0305     Pas106     Yes     Jpeg     gspca v4l1 v4l2     ***
Philips     230     0x0471     0x032e     SPC315NC           vc0305     Pas106     Yes     Jpeg     gspca v4l1     ***
Philips     244     0x0471     0x0322     DMVC 1300K           spca504b           Yes     Jpeg     spca5xx/LE     ****
Philips     188     0x0471     0x0328     SPC700NC           sn9c105     HV7131R     Yes     jpeg     spca5xx/LE     ****
Philips     200     0x0471     0x0327     SPC600NC           sn9c105     HV7131R     Yes     jpeg     spca5xx/LE     ****
Philips     189     0x0471     0x0325     SPC200NC           vc0305     Pas106     Yes     Jpeg     spca5xx/LE gspca v4l1/v4l2     ***
Philips     202     0x0471     0x0326     SPC300NC           vc0305     Pas106     Yes     Jpeg     spca5xx/LE gspca v4l1/v4l2     ***
Philips     226     0x0471     0x032d     SPC210NC           vc0305     Pas106     Yes     Jpeg     gspca v4l1 v4l2     ***
Philips     230     0x0471     0x032e     SPC315NC           vc0305     Pas106     Yes     Jpeg     gspca v4l1     ***
Philips     244     0x0471     0x0322     DMVC 1300K           spca504b           Yes     Jpeg     spca5xx/LE     ****
Philips     188     0x0471     0x0328     SPC700NC           sn9c105     HV7131R     Yes     jpeg     spca5xx/LE     ****

.....Lex

Lexicon

Sep 9 2008, 07:24 PM

I took source gspcav1 and myself I compiled and all happened
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gs...20071224.tar.gz
.....Lex

neddie

Sep 11 2008, 05:42 PM

Thanks for the replies!

I don't think "gspcav1" is the right one for me though, Lex.

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# lsmod | grep uvc
uvcvideo               51044  0
compat_ioctl32          1920  1 uvcvideo
videodev               27136  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            14372  2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common            15936  2 uvcvideo,videodev
usbcore               122444  8 snd_usb_audio,uvcvideo,snd_usb_lib,usbhid,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
# lsmod | grep gspca
#

However, when I plug it in to 2008.1 live CD, I get an ekiga icon popping up on the desktop and it can show video (although only postage-stamp size).

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$ xawtv -hwscan
This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb)
looking for available devices
port 82-82
    type : Xvideo, image scaler
    name : Intel(R) Video Overlay

ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYMENU(id=134217738;index=0;name="60 Hz";reserved=3081056544): Invalid argument
/dev/video0: OK                         [ -device /dev/video0 ]
    type : v4l2
    name : Philips SPC 1300NC Webcam
    flags:  capture

$

But when I try just xawtv it gives a segmentation fault.

And also

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$ ls /dev/vi*
/dev/video@ /dev/video0
$

I've just tried Skype and it now seems happy and shows the picture in the (also postage-stamp-sized) test panel, although yesterday when I tried exactly the same thing, it didn't work. Maybe ekiga was still running in the background or something.

So maybe it is indeed a 2007.1 / 2008.1 issue. Is there a way to test it to get a bigger picture? Take bigger snapshots with it? Maybe even record movies with it?

Lexicon

Sep 11 2008, 06:27 PM

I be please that camera of cannon though on tvtime. This has to be best camera since it serves v4l2 and not ; not obsolete v4l. Your camera works on driver uvcvideo

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modinfo uvcvideo
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.26.3/kernel/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.ko
version:        v0.1.0
license:        GPL
description:    USB Video Class driver
author:         Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@skynet.be>

Taste to start camera in xawtv

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xawtv -c /dev/video0

Use mplayer

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mplayer -tv device=/dev/video0:driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:fps=30 tv://

Recording

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mencoder -tv device=/dev/video0:driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:fps=30 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=3000 -oac copy -endpos 00:01:00 -o film.avi tv://

Do you have different device of video maybe such as card tv .....Lex

neddie

Oct 5 2008, 06:27 PM

Thanks for the help, guys!

Now I've got myself upgraded to 2008.1 and the webcam works just fine, also with Skype. And that mplayer tip is a good one, thanks Lex!