Upside Down Webcam

[mncjr94]

I have an Asus K series laptop and i recently got ubuntu. The built in webcam seems to show me upside down in any webcam software. I have no idea how to fix this and i have the latest drivers. Helppp

[SteveDee]

See this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580848

[lidex]

5) WEBCAM: to solve the image upside-down problem, we have to run this command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libv4l/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

There is a nice utility to adjust the settings of our webcam (whitebalance, light, ...) called gtk-v4l.

~jsevi83

Reference:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460790

[oregonbob]

I have a ASUS K50ij running 10.04. I tried the above instructions, no errors doing iy but it didn't fix it. It is still upside down.

Then I searched and found a "flip_webcam" download and recipe. It didn't work because flip_webcam gave error:
bash: /bin/flip_webcam: cannot execute binary file

The last time I tried recipes from this forum for hours until it drove me nuts.

[lidex]

I have a ASUS K50ij running 10.04. I tried the above instructions, no errors doing iy but it didn't fix it. It is still upside down.

Then I searched and found a "flip_webcam" download and recipe. It didn't work because flip_webcam gave error:
bash: /bin/flip_webcam: cannot execute binary file

Did you install 'gtk-v4l'?

[oregonbob]

Yes, I installed gtk-v4l. It runs without error, but there is no adjustments for orientation, only brightness, contrast type adjustments.

[lidex]

Yes, I installed gtk-v4l. It runs without error, but there is no adjustments for orientation, only brightness, contrast type adjustments.

Gotcha. I didn't delve to deeply into that thread - wonder what was referred to exactly as the fix then.

[mncjr94]

bahhh ive been trying to get this fixed forever and i still cant get it done

[jd2012]

Sorry for the 3 month old bump.

Ran:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libv4l/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Installed, but can't seem to find a GUI ect. Not quite sure how to adjust camera settings as it said was able to do.

Did:

sudo gstreamer-properties

Went into "Video" and did a test, camera is right-side up.
VLC, upside down.
Question is how do I get it right side up on my browser using sites like chatroulette or omegle?

Thanx.

[firefya]

5) WEBCAM: to solve the image upside-down problem, we have to run this command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libv4l/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

There is a nice utility to adjust the settings of our webcam (whitebalance, light, ...) called gtk-v4l.

Tried this, worked fine. Installed gtk-v41 (after entering the command line)via synaptics, camera and video functioning correctly.