eeepc 701 builtin webcam

[riddlebox]

I have spent some time today learning how to get the webcam on my eeepc 701 to work with my zoneminder server. I have it streaming to my zoneminder server and it is working, not real smooth but at least it works. I am using mjpg-streamer which you can download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpg-streamer/develop

I used two websites to get it working:
http://arthurhong-linux.blogspot.com/20 ... lways.html - this site is key because it will give you the command to run to get the camera actually streaming.

./mjpg_streamer -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video -y" -o "output_http.so"

Also I used:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13116

This forum post will tell you how to setup the monitor to get it working with zoneminder.

Good Luck!

[Mikhail]

At the last link the author had a problem using his web-camera with ZM.

I have the same problem on AsusG2S and its built-in camera "USB2.0 1.3M UVC WebCam". I can see the stream video on Firefox at http://127.0.0.1:8080/?action=stream. But I can't see the video in ZM, only black square.

How did you do that? What settings did you set when added new monitor in ZM?

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mihwar@mihwar-laptop:~$ sudo /usr/bin/./mjpg_streamer -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video0 -y" -o "output_http.so"
MJPG Streamer Version.: 2.0
 i: Using V4L2 device.: /dev/video0
 i: Desired Resolution: 640 x 480
 i: Frames Per Second.: 5
 i: Format............: YUV
 i: JPEG Quality......: 80
 o: www-folder-path...: disabled
 o: HTTP TCP port.....: 8080
 o: username:password.: disabled
 o: commands..........: enabled


mihwar@mihwar-laptop:~$sudo v4l-info /dev/video0
### v4l2 device info [/dev/video0] ###
general info
    VIDIOC_QUERYCAP
	driver                  : "uvcvideo"
	card                    : "USB2.0 1.3M UVC WebCam "
	bus_info                : "usb-0000:00:1a.7-2"
	version                 : 0.1.0
	capabilities            : 0x4000001 [VIDEO_CAPTURE,STREAMING]

standards

inputs
    VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT(0)
	index                   : 0
	name                    : "Camera 1"
	type                    : CAMERA
	audioset                : 0
	tuner                   : 0
	std                     : 0x0 []
	status                  : 0x0 []

video capture
    VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(0,VIDEO_CAPTURE)
	index                   : 0
	type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
	flags                   : 0
	description             : "YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV)"
	pixelformat             : 0x56595559 [YUYV]
    VIDIOC_G_FMT(VIDEO_CAPTURE)
	type                    : VIDEO_CAPTURE
	fmt.pix.width           : 640
	fmt.pix.height          : 480
	fmt.pix.pixelformat     : 0x56595559 [YUYV]
	fmt.pix.field           : NONE
	fmt.pix.bytesperline    : 1280
	fmt.pix.sizeimage       : 614400
	fmt.pix.colorspace      : SRGB
	fmt.pix.priv            : 0

controls
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+0)
	id                      : 9963776
	type                    : INTEGER
	name                    : "Brightness"
	minimum                 : -128
	maximum                 : 127
	step                    : 1
	default_value           : 0
	flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+1)
	id                      : 9963777
	type                    : INTEGER
	name                    : "Contrast"
	minimum                 : 0
	maximum                 : 100
	step                    : 1
	default_value           : 0
	flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+2)
	id                      : 9963778
	type                    : INTEGER
	name                    : "Saturation"
	minimum                 : 0
	maximum                 : 100
	step                    : 1
	default_value           : 0
	flags                   : 0
    VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL(BASE+3)
	id                      : 9963779
	type                    : INTEGER
	name                    : "Hue"
	minimum                 : -20
	maximum                 : 20
	step                    : 1
	default_value           : 0
	flags                   : 0

### video4linux device info [/dev/video0] ###
general info
    VIDIOCGCAP
	name                    : "USB2.0 1.3M UVC WebCam "
	type                    : 0x1 [CAPTURE]
	channels                : 1
	audios                  : 0
	maxwidth                : 0
	maxheight               : 0
	minwidth                : 48
	minheight               : 32

channels

tuner

audio

picture
    VIDIOCGPICT
	brightness              : 32896
	hue                     : 32768
	colour                  : 0
	contrast                : 0
	whiteness               : 0
	depth                   : 16
	palette                 : YUYV

buffer

window
    VIDIOCGWIN
	x                       : 0
	y                       : 0
	width                   : 640
	height                  : 480
	chromakey               : 0
	flags                   : 0

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[mferlitsch]

Hi,

I have the same problem.

Crative webcam (VFD260): not working in ZoneMinder - via mjpg_streamer I can see picture (also with xawtv) in browser (http://127.0.0.1:8080/?action=stream).

I have testet two more usb webcams which also not works with mjpg_streamer or directly in Zoneminder (Philips PCA645 and Creative CT6860). With xawtv and other webcam-sfoftware I can see pictures from webcams.

Has anyone any ideas?

I don't understand why ZoneMinder can't show pictures, when streaming with mjpg_streamer works. Then the cam should be a LAN-cam for ZoneMinder!?

[Mikhail]

Hey, I did it!!! It works!

Here is my webcam's settings:

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4010/mih ... d56927e3_L

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4009/mih ... 410557a1_L

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4012/mih ... 8cda7f35_L

[monoblaine]

Hi.

I've got the same problem.
I used your settings, but I cant see a picture.
If I set it to grayscale I see a black image (with no monitorname).

Did you something else to get it worked ?

Thank you very much

[Mikhail]

I did too much to realize what made the camera to work. Besides that I noticed that camera works casually when tried another camera. My camera do work after I compiled from source ZoneMinder 1.24.2. During the compilation I faced with difficulties and had to resolve some dependences. Probably I updated some packets or installed some new. I installed then ZoneMinder 1.24.1 from ubuntu 9.10 repository and it still works. Try to compile ZM from source, may be it will help you.

If you want we could compare versions for v4l and mjpg-streamer.