Mercurial > vloopback
changeset 3:90455db7fda4
Added a FAQ file.
| author | AngelCarpintero |
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| date | Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:58:36 +0000 |
| parents | 390a65d28b53 |
| children | dc1f4ad7010c |
| files | FAQ |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/FAQ Sun Apr 01 15:58:36 2007 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ + +* How to use effecttv with vloopback ? + +You have to load your webcam / capture card kernel module , i.ex : + + modprobe pwc mbufs=3 size=vga fps=15 + +See dmesg output to know the video device used by your device : + +pwc: Registered as /dev/video0 + +Load vloopback device , + +modprobe vloopack + +see dmseg output ( same as above ) + +Loopback 0 registered, input: video1,output: video2 + +And run effect on this way : effectv -vloopback [input vloopback device] -device [real video device]: + +effectv effectv -vloopback /dev/video1 -device /dev/video0 + + +* I got "video_init: double buffer capturing with mmap is not supported. Video initialization failed." when i try to use my webcam with quickcam module. + +You need to load this kernel module with parameter compatible=2 : + +modprobe quickcam compatible=2 + + +* How can i use vloopback to use my firewire cam as a V4L device ? + +Load vloopback + + modprobe vloopback + +You need to use Coriander (http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/coriander/ ) and set on services tab V4L (http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/coriander/win_v4l.png). + +And then you will have a V4L in /dev/video1.