X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fvideo4linux%2FCQcam.txt;h=ade8651e24432f879f6e3df5700b2761a9b807bd;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fvserver;hp=e415e36045395bd0fdc66cbcc9bffd1b2d8424a5;hpb=76828883507a47dae78837ab5dec5a5b4513c667;p=linux-2.6.git diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CQcam.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/CQcam.txt index e415e3604..ade8651e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CQcam.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CQcam.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ c-qcam - Connectix Color QuickCam video4linux kernel driver Copyright (C) 1999 Dave Forrest - released under GNU GPL. + released under GNU GPL. 1999-12-08 Dave Forrest, written with kernel version 2.2.12 in mind @@ -45,21 +45,21 @@ configuration. The appropriate flags are: CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT M for autoprobe.o IEEE1284 readback module CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK M for parport_probe.o IEEE1284 readback module CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV M for videodev.o video4linux module - CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM M for c-qcam.o Color Quickcam module + CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM M for c-qcam.o Color Quickcam module With these flags, the kernel should compile and install the modules. To record and monitor the compilation, I use: (make zlilo ; \ make modules; \ - make modules_install ; + make modules_install ; depmod -a ) &>log & less log # then a capital 'F' to watch the progress - + But that is my personal preference. 2.2 Configuration - + The configuration requires module configuration and device configuration. I like kmod or kerneld process with the /etc/modprobe.conf file so the modules can automatically load/unload as @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ using MAKEDEV, or need to be created. The following sections detail these procedures. -2.1 Module Configuration +2.1 Module Configuration Using modules requires a bit of work to install and pass the parameters. Understand that entries in /etc/modprobe.conf of: @@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ system (CONFIG_PROC_FS), the parallel printer support (CONFIG_PRINTER), the IEEE 1284 system,(CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK), you should be able to read some identification from your quickcam with - modprobe -v parport - modprobe -v parport_probe - cat /proc/parport/PORTNUMBER/autoprobe + modprobe -v parport + modprobe -v parport_probe + cat /proc/parport/PORTNUMBER/autoprobe Returns: CLASS:MEDIA; MODEL:Color QuickCam 2.0; @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Returns: and well. A common problem is that the current driver does not reliably detect a c-qcam, even though one is attached. In this case, - modprobe -v c-qcam + modprobe -v c-qcam or insmod -v c-qcam @@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ video4linux mailing list and archive for more current information. 3.1 Checklist: Can you get an image? - v4lgrab >qcam.ppm ; wc qcam.ppm ; xv qcam.ppm + v4lgrab >qcam.ppm ; wc qcam.ppm ; xv qcam.ppm - Is a working c-qcam connected to the port? - grep ^ /proc/parport/?/autoprobe + Is a working c-qcam connected to the port? + grep ^ /proc/parport/?/autoprobe - Do the /dev/video* files exist? - ls -lad /dev/video + Do the /dev/video* files exist? + ls -lad /dev/video - Is the c-qcam module loaded? - modprobe -v c-qcam ; lsmod + Is the c-qcam module loaded? + modprobe -v c-qcam ; lsmod Does the camera work with alternate programs? cqcam, etc? @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ video4linux mailing list and archive for more current information. isn't, you might try patching the c-qcam module to add a parport=xxx option as in the bw-qcam module so you can specify the parallel port: - insmod -v c-qcam parport=0 + insmod -v c-qcam parport=0 And bypass the detection code, see ../../drivers/char/c-qcam.c and look for the 'qc_detect' code and call. @@ -183,209 +183,12 @@ look for the 'qc_detect' code and call. this work is documented at the video4linux2 site listed below. -9.0 --- A sample program using v4lgrabber, +9.0 --- A sample program using v4lgrabber, -This program is a simple image grabber that will copy a frame from the +v4lgrab is a simple image grabber that will copy a frame from the first video device, /dev/video0 to standard output in portable pixmap -format (.ppm) Using this like: 'v4lgrab | convert - c-qcam.jpg' -produced this picture of me at - http://mug.sys.virginia.edu/~drf5n/extras/c-qcam.jpg - --------------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ----------------------------- - -/* Simple Video4Linux image grabber. */ -/* - * Video4Linux Driver Test/Example Framegrabbing Program - * - * Compile with: - * gcc -s -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes v4lgrab.c -o v4lgrab - * Use as: - * v4lgrab >image.ppm - * - * Copyright (C) 1998-05-03, Phil Blundell - * Copied from http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/vgrabber.c - * with minor modifications (Dave Forrest, drf5n@virginia.edu). - * - */ - -#include -#include -#include -#include -#include -#include -#include - -#include -#include - -#define FILE "/dev/video0" - -/* Stole this from tvset.c */ - -#define READ_VIDEO_PIXEL(buf, format, depth, r, g, b) \ -{ \ - switch (format) \ - { \ - case VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY: \ - switch (depth) \ - { \ - case 4: \ - case 6: \ - case 8: \ - (r) = (g) = (b) = (*buf++ << 8);\ - break; \ - \ - case 16: \ - (r) = (g) = (b) = \ - *((unsigned short *) buf); \ - buf += 2; \ - break; \ - } \ - break; \ - \ - \ - case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB565: \ - { \ - unsigned short tmp = *(unsigned short *)buf; \ - (r) = tmp&0xF800; \ - (g) = (tmp<<5)&0xFC00; \ - (b) = (tmp<<11)&0xF800; \ - buf += 2; \ - } \ - break; \ - \ - case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB555: \ - (r) = (buf[0]&0xF8)<<8; \ - (g) = ((buf[0] << 5 | buf[1] >> 3)&0xF8)<<8; \ - (b) = ((buf[1] << 2 ) & 0xF8)<<8; \ - buf += 2; \ - break; \ - \ - case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB24: \ - (r) = buf[0] << 8; (g) = buf[1] << 8; \ - (b) = buf[2] << 8; \ - buf += 3; \ - break; \ - \ - default: \ - fprintf(stderr, \ - "Format %d not yet supported\n", \ - format); \ - } \ -} - -int get_brightness_adj(unsigned char *image, long size, int *brightness) { - long i, tot = 0; - for (i=0;i= 126 && (tot/(size*3)) <= 130); -} - -int main(int argc, char ** argv) -{ - int fd = open(FILE, O_RDONLY), f; - struct video_capability cap; - struct video_window win; - struct video_picture vpic; - - unsigned char *buffer, *src; - int bpp = 24, r, g, b; - unsigned int i, src_depth; - - if (fd < 0) { - perror(FILE); - exit(1); - } - - if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGCAP, &cap) < 0) { - perror("VIDIOGCAP"); - fprintf(stderr, "(" FILE " not a video4linux device?)\n"); - close(fd); - exit(1); - } - - if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGWIN, &win) < 0) { - perror("VIDIOCGWIN"); - close(fd); - exit(1); - } - - if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGPICT, &vpic) < 0) { - perror("VIDIOCGPICT"); - close(fd); - exit(1); - } - - if (cap.type & VID_TYPE_MONOCHROME) { - vpic.depth=8; - vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY; /* 8bit grey */ - if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) { - vpic.depth=6; - if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) { - vpic.depth=4; - if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) { - fprintf(stderr, "Unable to find a supported capture format.\n"); - close(fd); - exit(1); - } - } - } - } else { - vpic.depth=24; - vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB24; - - if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) { - vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB565; - vpic.depth=16; - - if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) { - vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB555; - vpic.depth=15; - - if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) { - fprintf(stderr, "Unable to find a supported capture format.\n"); - return -1; - } - } - } - } - - buffer = malloc(win.width * win.height * bpp); - if (!buffer) { - fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\n"); - exit(1); - } - - do { - int newbright; - read(fd, buffer, win.width * win.height * bpp); - f = get_brightness_adj(buffer, win.width * win.height, &newbright); - if (f) { - vpic.brightness += (newbright << 8); - if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) { - perror("VIDIOSPICT"); - break; - } - } - } while (f); - - fprintf(stdout, "P6\n%d %d 255\n", win.width, win.height); - - src = buffer; - - for (i = 0; i < win.width * win.height; i++) { - READ_VIDEO_PIXEL(src, vpic.palette, src_depth, r, g, b); - fputc(r>>8, stdout); - fputc(g>>8, stdout); - fputc(b>>8, stdout); - } - - close(fd); - return 0; -} --------------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ----------------------------- +format (.ppm) To produce .jpg output, you can use it like this: +'v4lgrab | convert - c-qcam.jpg' 10.0 --- Other Information