Hello,
Does anyone here have experience with the v4l backend?
I recently got myself a CZUR ET16 scanner[1,2] and it shows up as a
video device, that is why I have to use the v4l backend. The scanner
has a 16Mpixel sensor, according to the company.
The company has (working) software for Windows, with software for Mac
OS X in beta. No plans for Linux support at this time.
But this device is a USB video class device, so it should work with
sane, provided that the v4l backend is good enough (the man page still
claims that it is alpha...).
Anyway, how do you convince the v4l backend to scan in a different
resolution than 640x480?
[tingo@kg-u35jc ~]$ scanimage -V
scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.25; backend version 1.0.25
[tingo@kg-u35jc ~]$ scanimage -L
device `v4l:/dev/video1' is a Noname CZUR virtual device
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname USB 2.0 UVC 0.3M Webcam virtual device
[tingo@kg-u35jc ~]$ scanimage --help --device-name v4l:/dev/video1
Usage: scanimage [OPTION]...
Start image acquisition on a scanner device and write image data to
standard output.
Parameters are separated by a blank from single-character options (e.g.
-d epson) and by a "=" from multi-character options (e.g. --device-name=epson).
-d, --device-name=DEVICE use a given scanner device (e.g. hp:/dev/scanner)
--format=pnm|tiff|png|jpeg file format of output file
-i, --icc-profile=PROFILE include this ICC profile into TIFF file
-L, --list-devices show available scanner devices
-f, --formatted-device-list=FORMAT similar to -L, but the FORMAT of the output
can be specified: %d (device name), %v (vendor),
%m (model), %t (type), %i (index number), and
%n (newline)
-b, --batch[=FORMAT] working in batch mode, FORMAT is
`out%d.pnm' `out%d.tif'
`out%d.png' or `out%d.jpg' by default
depending on --format
--batch-start=# page number to start naming files with
--batch-count=# how many pages to scan in batch mode
--batch-increment=# increase page number in filename by #
--batch-double increment page number by two, same as
--batch-increment=2
--batch-print print image filenames to stdout
--batch-prompt ask for pressing a key before scanning a page
--accept-md5-only only accept authorization requests using md5
-p, --progress print progress messages
-n, --dont-scan only set options, don't actually scan
-T, --test test backend thoroughly
-A, --all-options list all available backend options
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-v, --verbose give even more status messages
-B, --buffer-size=# change input buffer size (in kB, default 32)
-V, --version print version information
Options specific to device `v4l:/dev/video1':
Scan Mode:
--mode Gray|Color [Gray]
Selects the scan mode (e.g., lineart, monochrome, or color).
--channel Camera 1 [inactive]
Selects the channel of the v4l device (e.g. television or video-in.
Geometry:
-l 0..447pel (in steps of 1) [inactive]
Top-left x position of scan area.
-t 0..271pel (in steps of 1) [inactive]
Top-left y position of scan area.
-x 320..767pel (in steps of 1) [inactive]
Width of scan-area.
-y 240..511pel (in steps of 1) [inactive]
Height of scan-area.
Enhancement:
--brightness 0..255 [0]
Controls the brightness of the acquired image.
--hue 0..255 [0]
Controls the "hue" (blue-level) of the acquired image.
--color 0..255 [0]
Sets the picture's color.
--contrast 0..255 [0]
Controls the contrast of the acquired image.
--white-level 0..255 [0]
Selects what radiance level should be considered "white".
Type ``scanimage --help -d DEVICE'' to get list of all options for DEVICE.
List of available devices:
v4l:/dev/video1 v4l:/dev/video0
[tingo@kg-u35jc ~]$ scanimage -d v4l:/dev/video1 --mode Color -T
scanimage: scanning image of size 640x480 pixels at 24 bits/pixel
scanimage: acquiring RGB frame, 8 bits/sample
scanimage: reading one scanline, 1920 bytes... PASS
scanimage: reading one byte... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 2 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 4 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 8 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 16 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 32 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 64 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 128 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 256 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 512 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 1024 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 2048 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 2047 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 1023 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 511 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 255 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 127 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 63 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 31 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 15 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 7 bytes... PASS
scanimage: stepped read, 3 bytes... PASS
Gray doesn't work:
[tingo@kg-u35jc ~]$ scanimage -d v4l:/dev/video1 --mode Gray -T
scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument
More info can be found at my Fedora page[3] for this scanner.
If more info / testing / debugging is needed, I can do it.
References:
1) http://www.czur.com/product/ET16
2)
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/czur-scanner-build-your-own-digital-library--2/
3) https://sites.google.com/site/tingox/ig_czurtek_czur_scanner_fedora
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen
Oslo, Norway
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