[AG-TECH] webcam problem - lenovo T500 (Fedora Core 10)

[Robert Ackland]

Hi Doug,

This solution worked without a hitch for me (BTW - I did build for 
32-bit).  Now enjoying using AG on my Lenovo T500 running FC10.

Thanks a lot!

Rob

Douglas Kosovic wrote:
> Just a quick follow up, some users reported an issue with the video 
> appearing as green and purple from the capture device, so I've made 
> available a new version with a bug fix.
>
> x86_64 Fedora 10 RPM:
> http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/ag3/fedora/development/RPMS/vic-2.8ucl1.4.0-0.1.20090213svn.fc10.x86_64.rpm 
>
>
> the corresponding src RPM :
> http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/ag3/fedora/development/SRPMS/vic-2.8ucl1.4.0-0.1.20090213svn.fc10.src.rpm 
>
>
> Doug
>
>> Anyway, I've got a new version of VIC that will pad the video frame 
>> with a black border if it doesn't support 352x288 or 176x144. If you 
>> are running x86_64 Fedora 10, the RPM can be obtained from:
>> http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/ag3/fedora/development/RPMS/vic-2.8ucl1.4.0-0.1.20090212svn.fc10.x86_64.rpm 
>>
>>
>> and installed by issuing (as root user) :
>>  rpm -Uvh vic-2.8ucl1.4.0-0.1.20090212svn.fc10.x86_64.rpm
>>
>> I don't have any i386 RPM handy, but it can be built by downloading:
>>
>> http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/ag3/fedora/development/SRPMS/vic-2.8ucl1.4.0-0.1.20090212svn.fc10.src.rpm 
>>
>>
>> then issue the following:
>>  rpmbuild --rebuild vic-2.8ucl1.4.0-0.1.20090212svn.fc10.src.rpm
>>
>> install any missing build dependencies with a yum install.
>>
>> This new version of vic also supports libvl4, see:
>>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport
>> which was introduced in Fedora 10 for better webcam support.
>>
>> The new vic RPM will be making it's way into the AG3 RPM repository 
>> soon, probably next week.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doug
>
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