USB webcam weirdness

[Roger Oberholtzer]

Are you using v4l or v4l2? How to tell? The app docs. What version of
v4l? It is a very 'dynamic' set of code. You could try www.bytesex.org,
which is where the drivers originate. It is possible to compile the
latest outside the kernel tree and see if they make a difference.

On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 16:25 -0800, Net Llama! wrote:
> On 11/30/2004 10:46 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > I would be surprised if disconnecting and reconnecting the camera did
> > not interfere with a program reading images. One must open the camera
> > pretty much like a file. It is a state connection. Things like image
> > size and format would not survive across module unloading. Which
> > application are you using?
> 
> In the cronjob that takes the shots, i'm using vgrabbj with stamp:
> http://vgrabbj.gecius.de/
> 
> However, i was seeing the same results yesterday using camstream (a Qt 
> based app).
> 
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