Hi Mauricio,

On Tuesday 21 October 2008, Mauricio Silveira wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
>
> Fast answer huh!?
>
> ** VERSIONS
> TVTIME version: 1.0.2
> USBUTILS version: 0.73
> kernel:  2.6.27.1
> uvcvideo: SVN r261
>
> ** INSMOD messages, general:
>
> uvcvideo 2-5:1.0: usb_probe_interface
> uvcvideo 2-5:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id
> uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB Video Camera (0471:2034)
> input: USB Video Camera as /class/input/input52
> usb 2-5: link qh1024-0001/f6d93180 start 1023 [1/0 us]
> usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
> USB Video Class driver (SVN r261)
>
>
> **QUIRKS
>
> * Quirks 0 to 7
>
> ANY QUIRK GENERAL MESSAGES
> TVTIME Output:
> videoinput: Driver won't tell us its norm: Invalid argument
> videoinput: Can't get tuner info: Invalid argument
> videoinput: Driver won't tell us its norm: Invalid argument
> videoinput: Can't get tuner info: Invalid argument

tvtime tries to get the tv norm, but that's not applicable to webcams as they 
have no tv tuner. Nothing wrong there on the driver's side.

> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).

There's a bug in tvtime. A patch is available at

svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/patches/tvtime/

> videoinput: Can't mute card.  Post a bug report with your
> videoinput: driver info to http://tvtime.net/

The UVC part of the camera doesn't handle sound, so it can't be muted. Nothing 
wrong there either.

> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't read frame. Error was: Invalid argument (0).
> videoinput: Can't mute card.  Post a bug report with your
> videoinput: driver info to http://tvtime.net/
> videoinput: Include this error: 'Invalid argument'
> Thank you for using tvtime.
>
> KERNEL MESSAGES(dmesg):
> uvcvideo: device USB Video Camera requested null bandwidth, defaulting
> to lowest.
> (repeats 14 times)

No worry there either, that's just a warning.

[snip]

> *** Now let's see the messages with some changes in tvtime's config:
>
> ->> Changed norm to SECAM:
>
> no kernel messages
> TVTIME screen with the message:
> "Frames too short from uvcvideo
> Cannot open capture device /dev/v4l/video1"
>
> **TVTIME console output:
>
> videoinput: Driver won't tell us its norm: Invalid argument
> videoinput: Can't get tuner info: Invalid argument
>
>     Your capture card driver: uvcvideo [USB Video Camera/0000:00:0a.1/256]
>     does not support full size studio-quality images required by tvtime.
>     This is true for many low-quality webcams.  Please select a
>     different video device for tvtime to use with the command line
>     option --device.

That was true a long time ago when video devices where either tv tuners or 
low-quality webcams, but hardware have evolved :-)

> ***** I Just can't get to reproduce the messages below again! Might have
> something to do with the pwc module

[snip]

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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