Welcome
This is my homepage, made for one thing: Hosting a page following the
development of a Linux driver for Labtec Webcam, vend/proc: 046d/0921.
The driver should now support QuickCam Express, vend/proc: 046d/0920
The driver now support ICM532 cams vend/proc: 0923/010f, which includes:
Biolux 654 microscope, Ezonics EZCam USB II (uvt8532),
Ezonics EZCam USB III, TerraCam USB, Stick Webcam, Mini WebCam,
Tucan PenCam, Che-ez! Webbie, SNAKE EYE SI-8480/8481, PC CAM CP03,
WEB Camera PBC0006, Clipcam.
The driver now also support Veo Stingray, vend/proc id: 0545/8333. Just
to test, i've added another Veo Stingray ID to the device list
(0545/808b). Let me know if you can test with one of thoose cams!
The chip has now finally been identified as ICM532
(thanks to Michel Xhaard for making the connection!!), which hopefully
will speed up development, epecially because i hope to join forces with
the icm532 project.
Actually I'm just modifying some code from the spca50x driver.
After a lucky punch or two I have been able to get pictures from the webcam, here are a sample:
The cam is now almost working perfectly (the Labtec Webcam anyway).
Since i don't own a Labtec Webcam anymore, the development of this
driver has stopped. Hopefully the icm532 or the spca5xx driver will
bring better support in the future.
Known bugs/problems
- If you got trouble with the video stream looking like a tv without a signal, restart the video stream until it's ok.
- If you got trouble with the video stream not starting, restart the video stream until it's ok.
- If you got trouble with Gnomemeeting only showing a green 'video',
try switching between "small" and "big" video size in the preferences.
- Sometimes the picture is very green, why is not known. To make it go away replug your cam (if necessary more than one time).
- Only resolution supported so far is 352x288
- The max frame-rate is 4-6, since we don't support compressed stream
How to use it
To test the driver i'm using spcaview. The command i use is: spcaview -f yuv -s 352x288
Mplayer can also be used with videodevice support enable, use this command: mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=352:height=288:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0
For use of other program consult their documentation.
Get it
The code made so far can be downloaded here. Updated 04-01-2005 19.35 CET.
Contact
If you have improvments, (un)succesfully test results, or something else, I can be reached at tomasgroth-yahoo.dk.
I also hang out in #spca50x on freenode.net, using the alias "tgc".
Credits
Thanks to Michel Xhaard for a lot of help! And to Dave Longfield for USB snoop. And Gabucino, Michal Przyluski and Gerard Klaver for testing!