Clique HUE HD Webcam

[Sirchristopher]

So I bought this Clique HUE HD Webcam from www.woot.com and I don't know how to get it to work. When I type 'lsusb' I get

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0c45:6282 Microdia Audio (Microphone)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

If I unplug it the 'Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0c45:6282 Microdia Audio (Microphone)' goes away so I know that is the camera but I can't make it work. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[anderlan]

I'm in the same boat as you, gah. Same camera, same website. So anyway, I'll apply my bowstaff-camera skills and let you know if I have any success with it.

[gcvisel]

I'm in the same boat as you, gah. Same camera, same website. So anyway, I'll apply my bowstaff-camera skills and let you know if I have any success with it.

I got wooted too. Any assistance would be appreciated! I can see its audio side, but not the video.

Thanx!

(Don't work over Christmas though!)

Spook

[go_beep_yourself]

Try this. I read it worked for someone with a Hue in Inteprid.

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...er-draft?pli=1

[go_beep_yourself]

I managed to get mine working, but it doesn't display right. I'm posting a screenshot. The module I got from compiling is sn9c20x.ko not microdia.ko, and I had to take a few extra steps to get it working in 64-bit 8.10.

[go_beep_yourself]

Has anyone else managed to get theirs working? I finally was able to get the built-in microphone working with Skype.

[wangrui]

By the following link

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...er-draft?pli=1

I almost got it work in both i386 hardy and AMD64 hardy.

I compile the source code and insert the module. No problem in i386 and AMD64.
But when I start the camera with the code

	fmt.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
	fmt.fmt.pix.width = width;
	fmt.fmt.pix.height = height;
	fmt.fmt.pix.pixelformat = pixelformat; //V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG; //V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV;
	fmt.fmt.pix.field = V4L2_FIELD_NONE; //V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED;

I always got an 640x480 picture no matter what the width and height is. And about pixelformat, the driver report the following supported formats

Bayer 8bit (BGGR)
I420 (YUV 4:2:0)
YUYV (YUV 4:2:0)
JPEG (YUV 4:2:2)

I got the following two formats working

V4L2_PIX_FMT_JPEG
V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV

For V4L2_PIX_FMT_JPEG format, the driver returns a gray JPEG picture with a fixed exposure. So it's impossible to see anything in the night because the exposure is not enough. I guess it's because the driver hasn't be able to adjust the exposure settings yet. And the driver also can't change the camera mode to show colored picture.

For V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV format, the driver return an 614400 bytes data for each frame. But the data is definitely not a YUV4:2:2 format. I haven't figure out how to decode it yet. There is no libv4l in hardy repository which may able to decode the frame.

The driver is still in the developing stage. I guess someone will keep improving the driver. These people are so nice.

[wangrui]

I managed to get mine working, but it doesn't display right. I'm posting a screenshot. The module I got from compiling is sn9c20x.ko not microdia.ko, and I had to take a few extra steps to get it working in 64-bit 8.10.

Actually the name is correct. I opened the camera body today. The circuit said SN9C202AFC.

[Veenified]

Has there been any progress on getting this driver improved? What can I do to help?

I'm trying to get it to work with skype. Currently, my video looks bad. Attached is a screen capture of how my video looks when I run:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so mplayer tv://     -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:fps=25:device=/dev/video0 -vo x11

[Veenified]

I ran:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama

... and I am getting video that looks like the attached.

If it helps I am getting only this relevant entry when I run lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0c45:6282 Microdia Audio (Microphone)

Can someone please help?