046d:08ae Logitech, Inc. Quickcam for Notebooks

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rangerbob
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046d:08ae Logitech, Inc. Quickcam for Notebooks

Post by rangerbob »

v1.24.2 zoneminder
# uname -r
2.6.26-2-686
Debian

I have this webcam (note I am a newbie to zoneminder) and I am unable to make this work. i can not get anything from the webcam.

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# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:08ae Logitech, Inc. Quickcam for Notebooks
dmesg

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# dmesg | grep 'usb 1-2'
[    2.360063] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[    3.864019] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[    4.069983] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    4.073279] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08ae
[    4.073285] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    4.073287] usb 1-2: Product: Camera         
[   10.068255] usb 1-2: ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip detected (vid/pid 0x046D:0x08AE)
[   10.118582] usb 1-2: PAS202BCB image sensor detected
[   10.486556] usb 1-2: Initialization succeeded
[   10.486609] usb 1-2: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0
this does not seem to tell me what Device Formatshould be , I have tried PAL B and many otheres..

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# zmu -d /dev/video0 -v -q
Video Device: /dev/video0
General Capabilities
  Driver: zc0301
  Card: ZC0301[P] PC Camera
  Bus: usb-0000:00:10.0-2
  Version: 1.1.10
  Type: 0x5000001
    Supports video capture (X)
    Does not support video output
    Does not support frame buffer overlay
    Does not support VBI capture
    Does not support VBI output
    Does not support sliced VBI capture
    Does not support sliced VBI output
    Does not support video output overlay
    Does not have tuner
    Does not have audio in and/or out
    Does not have radio
    Supports read/write i/o (X)
    Does not support async i/o
    Supports streaming i/o (X)
    Standards:
  Formats:
    JPEG (JPEG)
Crop Capabilities
  Bounds: 640 x 480
  Default: 640 x 480
  Current: 640 x 480
Inputs: 1
  Input 0
    Name: Camera
    Type: Camera
    Audioset: 00000000
    Standards: 0x0
    Power on  (X)
    Signal detected  (X)
    Colour Signal detected 
    Horizontal Lock detected 

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/tmp# cat zmdc.log
14/03/11 06:00:37.712186 zmdc[3103].INF [Server starting at 11/03/14 06:00:37]
14/03/11 06:00:41.050257 zmdc[3103].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 11/03/14 06:00:41, pid = 3126]
14/03/11 06:00:41.507928 zmdc[3103].INF ['zma -m 1' starting at 11/03/14 06:00:41, pid = 3133]
14/03/11 06:00:41.986898 zmdc[3103].INF ['zmfilter.pl' starting at 11/03/14 06:00:41, pid = 3136]
14/03/11 06:00:42.728648 zmdc[3103].INF ['zmaudit.pl -c' starting at 11/03/14 06:00:42, pid = 3139]
14/03/11 06:00:43.656298 zmdc[3103].INF ['zmwatch.pl' starting at 11/03/14 06:00:43, pid = 3142]

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kernel.shmall = 1073741824
kernel.shmmax = 1073741824
My source is red /dev/video0 but I have this in my syslog

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# cat /var/log/syslog |grep zm |tail
Mar 14 06:00:43 heybob zmdc[3142]: INF ['zmwatch.pl' started at 11/03/14 06:00:43]
Mar 14 06:00:43 heybob zmdc[3103]: INF ['zmwatch.pl' starting at 11/03/14 06:00:43, pid = 3142]
Mar 14 06:00:44 heybob zmwatch[3142]: INF [Watchdog starting]
Mar 14 06:00:44 heybob zmwatch[3142]: INF [Watchdog pausing for 30 seconds]
Mar 14 06:01:44 heybob zmc_dvideo0[3126]: INF [usblogicam: 1000 - Capturing at 15.87 fps]
Mar 14 06:01:44 heybob zma_m1[3133]: INF [usblogicam: 1000 - Processing at 15.87 fps]
Mar 14 06:02:47 heybob zmc_dvideo0[3126]: INF [usblogicam: 2000 - Capturing at 15.87 fps]
Mar 14 06:02:48 heybob zma_m1[3133]: INF [usblogicam: 2000 - Processing at 15.62 fps]
Mar 14 06:03:51 heybob zmc_dvideo0[3126]: INF [usblogicam: 3000 - Capturing at 15.62 fps]
Mar 14 06:03:51 heybob zma_m1[3133]: INF [usblogicam: 3000 - Processing at 15.87 fps]

how come its still red and I can not see it
rangerbob
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Post by rangerbob »

forgot to mention I am working from the deb package

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# apt-get install zoneminder
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libgif4 librtmp0 libimlib2 libfaad0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  ffmpeg libavcodec52 libavdevice52 libavfilter0 libavformat52 libavutil49 libgsm1 libpcre3 libpostproc51 libswscale0
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libavcodec51
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ffmpeg libavcodec52 libavdevice52 libavfilter0 libavformat52 libpostproc51 zoneminder
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libavutil49 libgsm1 libpcre3 libswscale0
4 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 1 to remove and 580 not upgraded.
Need to get 7293kB of archives.
After this operation, 11.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libpcre3 8.02-1.1 [231kB]
Get:2 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libavutil49 4:0.5.2-6 [90.4kB]
Get:3 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libgsm1 1.0.13-3 [27.5kB]
Get:4 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libavcodec52 4:0.5.2-6 [4002kB]
Get:5 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libavformat52 4:0.5.2-6 [709kB]                                                                     
Get:6 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libavdevice52 4:0.5.2-6 [70.8kB]                                                                    
Get:7 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libavfilter0 4:0.5.2-6 [46.6kB]                                                                     
Get:8 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libpostproc51 4:0.5.2-6 [190kB]                                                                     
Get:9 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main libswscale0 4:0.5.2-6 [227kB]                                                                       
Get:10 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main ffmpeg 4:0.5.2-6 [234kB]                                                                           
Get:11 http://debian.yorku.ca squeeze/main zoneminder 1.24.2-8 [1466kB]  
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