Hi Guys As you can probably gather from the attached screenshots, I'm attempting to use my SN9C201 webcam for home security. The problem is that it succumbs to external glare during the middle hours of sunny days when used in Linux. The same problem doesn't occur in Windows, probably since the software automatically adjusts to the current lighting conditions. These screenshots were taken only five minutes apart and the sunlight intensity didn't change much in-between. No amount of adjusting the webcam's settings (via V4L2-UCP) seemed to make any significant difference. For this reason, I'm guessing that there's at least one other adjustable setting that the GSPCA driver isn't tapping into yet. If I'm going to be using this webcam for home security, it will need to overcome the glare obstacle during these hours. Otherwise, it won't take clear snapshots of a potential burglar's face as he looks in through the windows before entering my unit. Is there any way that you can modify the GSPCA software to overcome this glare, as is done in Windows? If this would require too much coding at your end, let me know which other webcam I should buy to overcome this problem in Linux.
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