webcam not working

I have a usb webcamera, which isnt working right. when i run cheese, or streamer, the light comes on, but I never get video or photo output. here is what dmesg says:

[151626.040060] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 26 using ehci-pci
[151626.234771] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=13d3, idProduct=5710
[151626.234784] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[151626.234790] usb 1-4: Product: USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam
[151626.234796] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Azurewave
[151626.234801] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 0x0001
[151626.237779] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam (13d3:5710)
[151626.244399] input: USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/input/input31

I looked into UVC cameras a little, and tried installing guvcview, but I am never able to take a photo or make a video. is there something I should try for this UVC device? Cheese doesnt say no device found, instead it says nothing, and shows a black screen. I am looking for any ideas that can help me solve this,and get this camera working..

1 Answer

Hiho,

try it with fswebcam

sudo aptitude install fswebcam

then try this

DIR=/your/dir/goes/here
DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H_%M.jpg")
#take the shot
fswebcam -d v4l2:/dev/YOUR/DEVICE -D 3 -S 20 -F 20 -r 1280x720 --jpeg 100 --set brightness=65% --set contrast=5% --set gamma=100 --set sharpness=0 --set saturation=45% ${DIR}/shot_${DATE}

Whats a bit strange is, that your device (input) seems to be located here

[151626.244399] input: USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/input/input31

That's a bit odd, because I'd have expected something like /dev/video0 Maybe doublecheck that, go to /dev first andd take a look if there is a device with video in it. And also make sure to terst if the device emntioned in the log really does exist.

If it still won't work, please check with this site, if the camera is compatible with this driver.