Quickcam video too dark
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have a logitech quickcam chat webcam and the video is very dark. I am using Intrepid with all the latest updates and the latest kernel. here are few of the outputs i put in
$ lsmod | grep gspca
gspca_spca561 19328 0
gspca_main 29312 1 gspca_spca561
videodev 41344 1 gspca_main
usbcore 148848 5 gspca_spca561,
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:092e Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Chat
$ dmesg | grep spca
[ 18.578611] gspca: main v2.2.0 registered
[ 18.582191] gspca: probing 046d:092e
[ 18.642229] gspca: probe ok
[ 18.642271] usbcore: registered new interface driver spca561
[ 18.642305] spca561: registered
Same problem here but with Device ID 046d:092c Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Chat
I can see the video in Cheese, where it is very dark,
In VLC I don't see the video, but the messages "v4l demux error: failed capturing new frame"
In Skype I only see some kind of snow.
Very strange.