[Nelug] webcams in linux

[Daniel Tweedy]

I get errors from that command you gave

Option tv: Unknown suboption device/dev/video0
Error parsing option on the command line: -tv

I have a Creative Live Cam Optia using the Linux UVC driver, it states 
this driver works with this camera, but I cant get it to do anything.

both /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 exists and a few others too.

Oliver Burnett-Hall wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:09:40 +0100, Daniel Tweedy <daniel.tweedy at gmail.com>
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>> Not sure if this is a daft question or not, but do you have to mount a
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>> usb webcam before you can use it ?
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> No.
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>> Have installed the drivers but am a bit lost as to how to use it now.
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> You should now have a /dev/video0 device (or /dev/video1 or whatever). 
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> Video applications need pointing towards that -- something like:
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>   mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device/dev/video0
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> I've been playing around with the 2.6.27-rc kernels over the last few days
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> because of the new gspca webcam drivers that have been merged -- my
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> ultra-cheap no-name webcam now works (though not without problems -- it
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> crashes almost everything apart from mplayer).
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> - olly
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