The camera is a Swann small security camera. I'm in the US, the camera is marked -US in a sticker so it should be NTSC. According to the specs, that means it's 510 height by 492 width, and "380 lines" TV resolution (horizontal).
I can get it to work with xawtv with the command:
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xawtv -device /dev/video0I've tried every conceivable resolution and setting in ZM to get this damned camera working. Nothing doing. I'm at my wit's end. Somebody has to have a clue how to make ZM talk to this camera!?
Under the "source" tab I've got:
Device Path = /dev/video0
Capture method = Video for Linux version 2 (is that correct!?)
Device Channel is "0" (and I've tried more up through 9...)
Device format is NTSC (and there's other "NTSC variants available like "NTSC M" and the like...huh?)
Capture Palette is "RGB24" right now - I assume that's right?
Capture width = tried all sorts of stuff!
Capture height = ditto
"Preserve aspect ratio" is "off" right now.
Orientation is "normal".
Please GOD or anybody, why won't ZM see this camera?!?
Output from xawtv:
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zmuser@zmuser-camerastation:~$ xawtv -device /dev/video0
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.27-14-generic)
xinerama 0: 1280x1024+0+0
WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display.
WARNING: couldn't find framebuffer base address, try manual
configuration ("v4l-conf -a <addr>")
v4l2: WARNING: framebuffer base address mismatch
v4l2: me=(nil) v4l=(nil)
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
zmuser@zmuser-camerastation:~$Output from zmu:
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zmuser@zmuser-camerastation:~$ zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v
Video Device: /dev/video0
General Capabilities
Driver: bttv
Card: BT878 video (Hauppauge ImpactVC
Bus: PCI:0000:01:0a.0
Version: 0.9.17
Type: 0x5000015
Supports video capture (X)
Does not support video output
Supports frame buffer overlay
Supports VBI capture
Does not support VBI output
Does not support sliced VBI capture
Does not support sliced VBI output
Does not support video output overlay
Does not have tuner
Does not have audio in and/or out
Does not have radio
Supports read/write i/o (X)
Does not support async i/o
Supports streaming i/o (X)
Standards:
NTSC
NTSC-M
NTSC-M-JP
NTSC-M-KR
PAL
PAL-BG
PAL-H
PAL-I
PAL-DK
PAL-M
PAL-N
PAL-Nc
PAL-60
SECAM
SECAM-B
SECAM-G
SECAM-H
SECAM-DK
SECAM-L
SECAM-Lc
Formats:
8 bpp, gray (GREY)
8 bpp, dithered color (HI24)
15 bpp RGB, le (RGBO)
15 bpp RGB, be (RGBQ)
16 bpp RGB, le (RGBP)
16 bpp RGB, be (RGBR)
24 bpp RGB, le (BGR3)
32 bpp RGB, le (BGR4)
32 bpp RGB, be (RGB4)
4:2:2, packed, YUYV (YUYV)
4:2:2, packed, YUYV (YUYV)
4:2:2, packed, UYVY (UYVY)
4:2:2, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (422P)
4:2:0, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (YU12)
4:2:0, planar, Y-Cr-Cb (YV12)
4:1:1, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (411P)
4:1:0, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (YUV9)
4:1:0, planar, Y-Cr-Cb (YVU9)
Crop Capabilities
Bounds: 838 x 504
Default: 768 x 480
Current: 768 x 480
Inputs: 4
Input 0
Name: Composite0
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 1
Name: Composite1
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 2
Name: Composite2
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 3
Name: Composite3
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
zmuser@zmuser-camerastation:~$