poor quality video with M$ VX-1000 webcam+GSPCA driver

[deepclutch]

Hi,
I got a M$ lifecam VX-1000 webcamera. now it is detected and working with cheese,camorama etc applications using HIS drivers(Thank you Man! ).

The Problem is with this module any of these apps shows very poor quality video,FPS is around 23-24 on camorama and on Gnome's cheese,it is dragging

reg,pic quality,it is like B/W with a orange,green and blue colors flickering

I tried adjusting camora for hue,bright,contrast etc but all in vain

Tried,modprobbing as :

modprobe gspca gamma=4

to hopefully correct gamma.but still video seems garbled and unclear!

So,Please share your ideas and Help me solve this!

Thank You!


PS:In windows XP,this webcam works really good with average quality video @ res 640x480

[deepclutch]

Hey people! I am feeling sorry after getting this M$haft thingy

[deepclutch]

Will there be any chances of having this SN9C1xx PC camera controller getting right drivers?

I am very poor in Mathematics,hence in coding also(But I am very interested!).else,I'd have tried my bit with the support for this cams

So,guys,do reply!

Thanks!

[hantms]

Same problem..

Guess I will be doing my Skype-calls in Windows. :/

[Goklagie]

Same here. The image is perfect for horror movies.

[jesterthejedi]

Working after 6 months of waiting and searching forums. My cam is the dreaded Microsoft VX-1000.

Do this:
Download driver:
http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/
grab the .bz2 file
extract and change directory
in terminal type "make" no quotes take about 5 mins
then type "sudo make install"
reboot

tested working on Intrepid With Cheese, Ekiga, Skype, GyachE, Xawtv

COLORS are fine! no more green/blue Hardy mess.
not working in Camorama, Camstream, errors in gqcam

installed xawtv, luvcview, and removed camserv.

I am so happy that I should pinch myself. I bought this webcam in June for my birthday and it was always a pain in the butt to solve. Success at last!

[e_labranche]

Hi,

I tried doing what jesterthejedi just posted to my 8.04..and now I have more problems than before. My apps crash when trying to load it.

My question is " how to I remove the driver from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/" ????

I tried sudo make uninstall with no luck. I do I get my old "working" install and remove the gspca??

Any help appreciated.

thanks

[jesterthejedi]

The fix I posted was for Intrepid Ibex. It worked out of the box in Hardy Heron. To remove that driver just delete the folder its located in. Any other cam related files can be removed or reinstalled with Synaptic. I would recommend to you to just search for "web cam" and "cam and install and play around with those programs.

[Cauda_Draconis]

Jesterthejedi, I tried your instructions and got this output upon issuing the "make" command. I'm using Linux Mint 6, which is Intrepid-based...

user@computer ~/gspca-332a4d374f56 $ make
make -C /home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l 
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l'
creating symbolic links...
Kernel build directory is /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/build
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l  modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.o
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c: In function 'tvmixer_ioctl':
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:78: error: storage size of 'va' isn't known
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:114: error: 'VIDIOCGAUDIO' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:114: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:114: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:129: error: 'VIDEO_AUDIO_BASS' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:131: error: 'VIDEO_AUDIO_TREBLE' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:142: error: 'VIDEO_AUDIO_MUTE' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:143: error: 'VIDIOCSAUDIO' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:147: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_min1'
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:149: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_min1'
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:149: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:78: warning: unused variable 'va'
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c: In function 'tvmixer_clients':
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:254: error: storage size of 'va' isn't known
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:286: error: 'VIDIOCGAUDIO' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:288: error: 'VIDEO_AUDIO_VOLUME' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.c:254: warning: unused variable 'va'
make[3]: *** [/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l/tvmixer.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/user/gspca-332a4d374f56/v4l'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any suggestions?

[jesterthejedi]

Check synaptic and look to see if "make" and "build-essential" are installed. Also try to download a fresh copy of the bz2 link and extract with default options, ie right click choose extract here. Make does not require sudo to run. I'm thinking its either a bad archive or your system can't compile.