On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:53 -0200 Nicolau Werneck <nwerneck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. I have this very cheap webcam that I sent a patch to support on > gspca the other day. The specific driver is the t613. > > I changed the lens of this camera, and now my images are all too > bright, what I believe is due to the much larger aperture of this new > lens. So I would like to try setting up a smaller exposure time on the > camera (I would like to do that for other reasons too). > > The problem is there's no "exposure" option to be set when I call > programs such as v4lctl. Does that mean there is definitely no way for > me to control the exposure time? The hardware itself was not designed > to allow me do that? Or is there still a chance I can create some C > program that might do it, for example? [snip] Hello Nicolau, There are brightness, contrast, colors, autogain and some other video controls for the t613 webcams. You must use a v4l2 compliant program to change them, as vlc or v4l2ucp (but not cheese). Regards. -- Ken ar c'hentañ | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! ** Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
