Re: ov518, xawtv and green image

As to wha tI wrote, i just tested a stv0680 digital cam . webcam with jpcat.
try jpcat with that camere, as it uses v4l it may give you more the xawtv.

For example on screen date and time, and encoding via ffmpeg to H264 in a simple way.

I will update the webpage later for more cameras tested with jpcat.

# Its own X window:
jpcat -x

# full screen via mplayer:
jpcat -y | mplayer -fs -

# encode to H264 at 25 fps with no display:
jpcat -y | ffmpeg -f yuv4mpegpipe -i - -f avi -vcodec h264 -r 25 -b 100 -g 300 -y h264.avi

# same with date and time and X monitor window:
jpcat -t -x -y | ffmpeg -f yuv4mpegpipe -i - -f avi -vcodec h264 -r 25 -b 100 -g 300 -y h264.avi

Guys I realize this thing has great potential, as it should work with mos v4l webcams!
And the date and time on screen i nteh recording makes it +++++ suitable for legal purposes
as security cam!

Give it a try, is is small code that only uses Xlib and libXt, so should compile no problems,.

For the stv680 module I had to load it like this:

modprobe stv680 swapRGB_on=1

Who needs xawtv??? jpcam is IT!
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