Am Sonntag 22 März 2009 14:34:08 schrieb Boris Borisov:
> Josua Grawitter wrote:
> > Am Samstag 21 Mдrz 2009 08:23:26 schrieb Brian Johnson:
> >> Ok both i've submitted a patch for both vlc and amsn to their
> >> respective devel mailing lists in regards to this issue i'll do kde's
> >> tomorrow sometime.
> >>
> >> The reason i originally did tie AWB to the red/blue gains is that
> >> logically that is how you would expect it to work. If i have the
> >> driver managing my white balance i would also expect the color gains
> >> to be unavailable. Even if yes technically because one is using the
> >> sensor and the other the bridge you can modify the color gains even
> >> when AWB is in effect.  It would also be conceivable since we get AWB
> >> window data back from the bridge to write a similar function to the
> >> software based ae function to implement whitebalanace calculations for
> >> sensors that don't support whitebalance such as the micron sensors
> >> without an IFP. If we ever did this then at least for some sensors the
> >> AWB and color gains would be connected.
> >>
> >> Hmm i don't get a lockup on my system when hue drops below 40. does it
> >> still happen if you set it using sysfs to less then 40?
> >>
> >> As for the wrapper functions yes we should probably be able to get rid
> >> of them just fine. The only real reason i could think of to keep them
> >> is that a function name like set_contrast is somewhat more obvious
> >> then set_optical_parameters, but i don't think that by itself should
> >> justify keeping the them either.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Josua Grawitter
> >>
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Am Freitag 20 Mдrz 2009 10:05:06 schrieb Brian Johnson:
> >>>> Ok just took a quick look at amsn source and yes the code for setting
> >>>> an attribute is definitely broken it checks the value tht you are
> >>>> setting for a range of 0 - 65535. this is definitely wrong as av4l2
> >>>> control value is first of all signed and second of all it should be
> >>>> using its defined min/max values anyways. I attached a quick patch
> >>>> that fixes this issue with amsn in case anyone is interested.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also kopete seems to have two issues one it appears it also doesn't
> >>>> bother to consider that a control value can be negative and kopete
> >>>> actually natively knows bayer format whcih unless i use somethign like
> >>>> libv4l it will use by default. and none of the controls that use our
> >>>> bridges color matrix (hue/sat/contrast/brightness) work when using
> >>>> bayer since it is not being converted to YUV. this is one reason you
> >>>> should not use bayer unless there is no other choice.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also I'm of the mind that we should not modify our driver in order to
> >>>> fix broken applications. The more correct thing will be to patch the
> >>>> applications to properly follow v4l2 specs. In this case allow
> >>>> controls with negative values.
> >>>
> >>> I just did some testing:
> >>> 1. Somehow green/blue gain are still locked if AWB is enabled. I
> >>> thought my patch fixed that but apparently it didn't.
> >>> 2. Saturation, hue, etc work as expected, however ...
> >>> 3. If saturation is set to less than circa 40 my computer locks up. I
> >>> suspect the framerate drops and the buffer is unhappy but I can't tell
> >>> exactly because there is no kernel-oops and dmesg looks fine after I
> >>> reboot.
> >>> 4. Why do we keep a wrapper function which calls wrapper functions
> >>> through a set of pointers which in the end all end up with the same
> >>> functions - for hue, saturation, blue/red gain, brightness, contrast
> >>> and gamma there is only the bridge functions so why not call them
> >>> directly? And why not call "sn9c20x_set_optical_parameters()" directly?
> >>> I think clearing that mess will make the module and the struct
> >>> usb_sn9c20x at least a bit smaller and also the code clearer. I'll post
> >>> a patch once the style isses are fixed.
> >>>
> >>> GWater
> >
> > yes, the computer locks up whether I set saturation via v4l-ioctl or
> > sysfs.
> >
> > Here's what dmesg tells me:
> > usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
> > usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=624e
> > usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
> > usb 1-4: Product: USB20 Camera
> > sn9c20x: SN9C20X USB 2.0 Webcam - 0C45:624E plugged-in.
> > sn9c20x: Detected SOI968 Sensor.
> > sn9c20x: Webcam device 0C45:624E is now controlling video device
> > /dev/video0 sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Using yuv420 output format
> > usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c20x
> > sn9c20x: SN9C20x USB 2.0 Webcam Driver v2009.01 loaded
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue Value: 180
> > sn9c20x: Hue vsettings.hue: 180
> >
> > Note: I set saturation only once. Still it seems optical_parameters was
> > called 5 times.
> >
> > GWater
>
> Maybe the problem is in userland program. With amsn is call not
> immediately after slide the sliders - that provoke a little delay on
> camera reaction.
>
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My Konsole doesn't delay - I used sysfs.

GWater

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