Jelle, You must tick off the "Exposure, Auto Priority" control this is enable by default and increases the exposure time (reducing fps) in order to get a brighter picture.
Just use libwebcam or guvcview. Best regards, Paulo Jelle de Jong escreveu: > Philipp Kolmann wrote: > >> Jelle de Jong wrote: >> >>> Hello everybody, >>> >>> I bought a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000[1] (80euro) to make a budget >>> free/libre open source live video recording systems from a laptop. But I >>> am unable to get more then 5 frames per seconds (fps) out of the webcam >>> under any resolution. The last 4 days I have been trying to get this >>> system to work both with webcam and a digital video camera on combisite1 >>> of a usb video grabber. >>> >>> The webcam only delivers 5 fps tops most time its lower is this normal >>> and what to do about is, should I buy an other webcam and witch one? >>> >>> Please see the attachments for all good reports about fps and mencoder >>> and mplayer commands. >>> >>> >>> >> It seems you use eeepc. Did you test the cam with another PC? Is your >> USB Port 1.1 or 2.0 (check with usbview). >> >> I have several 9000 here and I don't have issues with debian and this cam. >> You might want to get latest uvcvideo kernel module, but this cam is >> supported for a long time already. >> >> hth, >> Philipp >> > > Hi Philipp, > > Thanks for responding, what version of the webcam do you have? I seem to > have a got a 0.08 > > My ports are usb 2.0 I did not test it with an other pc I only have > eeepc's around me. > > Is there a debian package for the latest uvcvideo kernel module? > > Could you test this command for me and show me the output: (especially fps) > > mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:fps=5 -ovc lavc > -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2240:threads=2 -of rawvideo -o webcam4.mp4 > > Thanks in advance, > > Jelle de Jong > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-uvc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel > > _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
