[Pkg-spca5xx-devel] Bug#468445: gspca-source: Cam delivers a very narrow field of view in flash applets

[Jan Vornberger]

Package: gspca-source
Version: 01.00.20-1
Severity: normal

I have a 'Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX' and use the gspca module to
operate it. The cam works fine in applications like Camorama, amsn and
Ekiga. I have noticed though, that if I use the cam with a flash-based
application on a website (using flashplugin-nonfree) the cam does work,
but shows a much narrower field of view. I have made two screenshots to
illustrate the problem:

  http://www.jan.vornberger.net/sonstiges/gspca/screenshot.camorama.png
  http://www.jan.vornberger.net/sonstiges/gspca/screenshot.flash.png

The first screenshot shows Camorama, the second one shows a flash applet
from this website:

  http://www.unitzeroone.com/old/eightball/motionDetection/

These messages appear in the output of dmesg when I use the cam:

  Linux video capture interface: v2.00
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: USB GSPCA camera found.(ZC3XX) 
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_probe:4098] Camera type JPEG 
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/Vimicro/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:515] Sensor ID:12
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/Vimicro/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:597] Find Sensor HV7131R(c)
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_getcapability:1215] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 176 minh 144
  usbcore: registered new interface driver gspca
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: gspca driver 2.6.22 registered
  usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_set_light_freq:1889] Sensor currently not support light frequency banding filters.
  /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: [gspca_set_isoc_ep:903] ISO EndPoint found 0x81 AlternateSet 7

I'm not sure if this is really a bug or rather a 'feature' of flash. I
could not find any cam related settings in the flash plugin settings
menu. I would consider it a bug/problem, because the very narrow field
of view makes the cam pretty much useless. But feel free to reduce the
severity of this bug report or inform me why this is not a bug.

On a related note: I wanted to try out the latest version of the driver
so I used gspca-source to build my own module. When I install this
module I get the following message:

  dpkg - warning: downgrading gspca-modules-2.6.22-3-686 from 2.6.22+01.00.18-9 to 01.00.20-1+2.6.22-6.lenny1.

dpkg thinks that the freshly build module is older than the one provided
in the Debian package archive, where in fact it is not. Should I file a
seperate bug for this?

Please let me know if I can provide any other information that could be
helpful.

Best regards!

Jan

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gspca-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.4-3    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper                     6.0.5      helper programs for debian/rules
ii  module-assistant              0.10.11.0  tool to make module package creati

gspca-source recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information