On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 17:02 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 22 January 2007 16:28, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 14:22 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Monday 08 January 2007 18:36, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 17:50 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > It's very frustrating. Two or three years back I had gnomemeeting > > > > > working. I used it for a linux to linux and for a linux to windows > > > > > session (netmeeting). I haven't needed it for a long time, so I've > > > > > been quite shocked to see how hard it is now. > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > Yep. > > > > Until it gets sorted out, try amsn. > > > > > > Although I can send and receive video in amsn, there are still some > > > problems. The picture is very jerky, both in my preview and receive > > > frames. I know that I have the firewall ports correctly opened and > > > forwarded, and Test Port gives me OK. My friend may still have some > > > firewall problems. Have you any ideas, please? > > > > > > Anne > > > > What does mplayer tv:// -tv > > driver=v4l:width=XXX:height=YYY:device=/dev/video0 show? > > If the picture is still jerky, it's a driver problem (or Video4Linux > > problem). > > If the image is perfect, it's a amsn problem. > > > Movement is smooth, Colour is disgusting :-) otherwise known as sh** > > From googling I've come to the conclusion that colour is a driver problem - > would you agree? Not that amsn shows this disgusting colour, but it's far > from right. > > Anne If v4l is broken - it is indeed a driver problem. There's a new driver that was just released: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20070110.tar.gz Does it solve the problem? - Gilboa
