From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id mA3Gec03002624 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:40:38 -0500 Received: from lim.nl (93-125-163-97.dsl.alice.nl [93.125.163.97]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mA3GeQEe032335 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:40:26 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.2] (ariel [192.168.1.2]) by venus (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32B455C1D for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:30:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <490F2730.9090703@lim.nl> Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:30:40 +0100 From: Colin Brace MIME-Version: 1.0 To: video4linux-list@redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: xawtv 'webcam' & uvcvideo webcam: ioctl error List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com List-ID: Hi all, I am trying to get the 'webcam' utility of xwatv working with my uvcvide webcam, a Creative Optia. My Fedora 9 system recognizes the webcam fine; here is the dmesg line: uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Live! Cam Optia (041e:4057) The webcam works with apps like Skype. I'd like to configure it to upload images periodically to my website using the xawtv 'webcam' utility. I create ~/.webcamrc as indicated in the man page, but when I run it, it return an error message: $ webcam reading config file: /home/colin/.webcamrc video4linux webcam v1.5 - (c) 1998-2002 Gerd Knorr grabber config: size 320x240 [16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (packed, YUYV)] input Camera 1, norm (null), jpeg quality 75 rotate=0, top=0, left=0, bottom=240, right=320 write config [ftp]: local transfer ~/Desktop/uploading.jpeg => ~/Desktop/webcam.jpeg ioctl: VIDIOC_DQBUF(index=0;type=VIDEO_CAPTURE;bytesused=0;flags=0x0 [];field=ANY;;timecode.type=0;timecode.flags=0;timecode.frames=0;timecode.seconds=0;timecode.minutes=0;timecode.hours=0;timecode.userbits="";sequence=0;memory=unknown): Invalid argument capturing image failed Any ideas what is going wrong here? TIA -- Colin Brace Amsterdam http://www.lim.nl -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list