hi, I've noticed a number of cameras don't work with the v4l2 backend on linux...
However the opencv backend seems to work with more cameras. apt-get install python-opencv Then do: import os os.environ['PYGAME_CAMERA'] = 'opencv' before initialising the camera module. Or set it with your shell... export PYGAME_CAMERA=opencv cheers, On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Nirav Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately, it seems your camera only outputs JPEG frames, which > are not currently supported by the camera module. This support might > show up in the future. > > Nirav > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Rafael Pinto<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm trying to use the Capture class in this tutorial: > > http://www.pygame.org/docs/tut/camera/CameraIntro.html (with PyGame > > 1.91) > > But the start() method is giving me this error: "SystemError: > > ioctl(VIDIOC_S_FMT) failure: no supported formats". It seems to relate > > to the pixel format used by the camera. > > My webcam is a Microdia/Sonix 0c45:612c SN9C110, and it works fine > > with gstreamer and cheese (but not with camorama and mplayer). > > > > Anyone knows some workaround for this? Thanks! > > > > -- > > Rafael C.P. > > http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~rcpinto <http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/%7Ercpinto> > > >
