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- c-qcam - Connectix Color QuickCam video4linux kernel driver
- Copyright (C) 1999 Dave Forrest <drf5n@virginia.edu>
- released under GNU GPL.
- 1999-12-08 Dave Forrest, written with kernel version 2.2.12 in mind
- Table of Contents
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Compilation, Installation, and Configuration
- 3.0 Troubleshooting
- 4.0 Future Work / current work arounds
- 9.0 Sample Program, v4lgrab
- 10.0 Other Information
- 1.0 Introduction
- The file ../drivers/char/c-qcam.c is a device driver for the
- Logitech (nee Connectix) parallel port interface color CCD camera.
- This is a fairly inexpensive device for capturing images. Logitech
- does not currently provide information for developers, but many people
- have engineered several solutions for non-Microsoft use of the Color
- Quickcam.
- 1.1 Motivation
- I spent a number of hours trying to get my camera to work, and I
- hope this document saves you some time. My camera will not work with
- the 2.2.13 kernel as distributed, but with a few patches to the
- module, I was able to grab some frames. See 4.0, Future Work.
- 2.0 Compilation, Installation, and Configuration
- The c-qcam depends on parallel port support, video4linux, and the
- Color Quickcam. It is also nice to have the parallel port readback
- support enabled. I enabled these as modules during the kernel
- configuration. The appropriate flags are:
- CONFIG_PRINTER M for lp.o, parport.o parport_pc.o modules
- CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT M for autoprobe.o IEEE1284 readback module
- CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK M for parport_probe.o IEEE1284 readback module
- CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV M for videodev.o video4linux module
- CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM M for c-qcam.o Color Quickcam module
- With these flags, the kernel should compile and install the modules.
- To record and monitor the compilation, I use:
- (make dep;
- make zlilo ;
- make modules;
- make modules_install ;
- depmod -a ) &>log &
- less log # then a capital 'F' to watch the progress
-
- But that is my personal preference.
- 2.2 Configuration
-
- The configuration requires module configuration and device
- configuration. I like kmod or kerneld process with the
- /etc/modules.conf file so the modules can automatically load/unload as
- they are used. The video devices could already exist, be generated
- using MAKEDEV, or need to be created. The following sections detail
- these procedures.
- 2.1 Module Configuration
- Using modules requires a bit of work to install and pass the
- parameters. Do read ../modules.txt, and understand that entries
- in /etc/modules.conf of:
- alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
- options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none
- alias char-major-81 videodev
- alias char-major-81-0 c-qcam
- will cause the kmod/kerneld/modprobe to do certain things. If you are
- using kmod or kerneld, then a request for a 'char-major-81-0' will cause
- the 'c-qcam' module to load. If you have other video sources with
- modules, you might want to assign the different minor numbers to
- different modules.
- 2.2 Device Configuration
- At this point, we need to ensure that the device files exist.
- Video4linux used the /dev/video* files, and we want to attach the
- Quickcam to one of these.
- ls -lad /dev/video* # should produce a list of the video devices
- If the video devices do not exist, you can create them with:
- su
- cd /dev
- for ii in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ; do
- mknod video$ii c 81 $ii # char-major-81-[0-16]
- chown root.root video$ii # owned by root
- chmod 600 video$ii # read/writable by root only
- done
- Lots of people connect video0 to video and bttv, but you might want
- your c-qcam to mean something more:
- ln -s video0 c-qcam # make /dev/c-qcam a working file
- ln -s c-qcam video # make /dev/c-qcam your default video source
- But these are conveniences. The important part is to make the proper
- special character files with the right major and minor numbers. All
- of the special device files are listed in ../devices.txt. If you
- would like the c-qcam readable by non-root users, you will need to
- change the permissions.
- 3.0 Troubleshooting
- If the sample program below, v4lgrab, gives you output then
- everything is working.
- v4lgrab | wc # should give you a count of characters
- Otherwise, you have some problem.
- The c-qcam is IEEE1284 compatible, so if you are using the proc file
- system (CONFIG_PROC_FS), the parallel printer support
- (CONFIG_PRINTER), the IEEE 1284 system,(CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK), you
- should be able to read some identification from your quickcam with
- modprobe -v parport
- modprobe -v parport_probe
- cat /proc/parport/PORTNUMBER/autoprobe
- Returns:
- CLASS:MEDIA;
- MODEL:Color QuickCam 2.0;
- MANUFACTURER:Connectix;
- A good response to this indicates that your color quickcam is alive
- and well. A common problem is that the current driver does not
- reliably detect a c-qcam, even though one is attached. In this case,
- modprobe -v c-qcam
- or
- insmod -v c-qcam
- Returns a message saying "Device or resource busy" Development is
- currently underway, but a workaround is to patch the module to skip
- the detection code and attach to a defined port. Check the
- video4linux mailing list and archive for more current information.
- 3.1 Checklist:
- Can you get an image?
- v4lgrab >qcam.ppm ; wc qcam.ppm ; xv qcam.ppm
- Is a working c-qcam connected to the port?
- grep ^ /proc/parport/?/autoprobe
- Do the /dev/video* files exist?
- ls -lad /dev/video
- Is the c-qcam module loaded?
- modprobe -v c-qcam ; lsmod
- Does the camera work with alternate programs? cqcam, etc?
- 4.0 Future Work / current workarounds
- It is hoped that this section will soon become obsolete, but if it
- isn't, you might try patching the c-qcam module to add a parport=xxx
- option as in the bw-qcam module so you can specify the parallel port:
- insmod -v c-qcam parport=0
- And bypass the detection code, see ../../drivers/char/c-qcam.c and
- look for the 'qc_detect' code and call.
- Note that there is work in progress to change the video4linux API,
- this work is documented at the video4linux2 site listed below.
- 9.0 --- A sample program using v4lgrabber,
- This program is a simple image grabber that will copy a frame from the
- first video device, /dev/video0 to standard output in portable pixmap
- format (.ppm) Using this like: 'v4lgrab | convert - c-qcam.jpg'
- produced this picture of me at
- http://mug.sys.virginia.edu/~drf5n/extras/c-qcam.jpg
- -------------------- 8< ---------------- 8< -----------------------------
- /* Simple Video4Linux image grabber. */
- /*
- * Video4Linux Driver Test/Example Framegrabbing Program
- *
- * Compile with:
- * gcc -s -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes v4lgrab.c -o v4lgrab
- * Use as:
- * v4lgrab >image.ppm
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1998-05-03, Phil Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
- * Copied from http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/vgrabber.c
- * with minor modifications (Dave Forrest, drf5n@virginia.edu).
- *
- */
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <sys/ioctl.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <linux/types.h>
- #include <linux/videodev.h>
- #define FILE "/dev/video0"
- /* Stole this from tvset.c */
- #define READ_VIDEO_PIXEL(buf, format, depth, r, g, b)
- {
- switch (format)
- {
- case VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY:
- switch (depth)
- {
- case 4:
- case 6:
- case 8:
- (r) = (g) = (b) = (*buf++ << 8);
- break;
-
- case 16:
- (r) = (g) = (b) =
- *((unsigned short *) buf);
- buf += 2;
- break;
- }
- break;
-
-
- case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB565:
- {
- unsigned short tmp = *(unsigned short *)buf;
- (r) = tmp&0xF800;
- (g) = (tmp<<5)&0xFC00;
- (b) = (tmp<<11)&0xF800;
- buf += 2;
- }
- break;
-
- case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB555:
- (r) = (buf[0]&0xF8)<<8;
- (g) = ((buf[0] << 5 | buf[1] >> 3)&0xF8)<<8;
- (b) = ((buf[1] << 2 ) & 0xF8)<<8;
- buf += 2;
- break;
-
- case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB24:
- (r) = buf[0] << 8; (g) = buf[1] << 8;
- (b) = buf[2] << 8;
- buf += 3;
- break;
-
- default:
- fprintf(stderr,
- "Format %d not yet supportedn",
- format);
- }
- }
- int get_brightness_adj(unsigned char *image, long size, int *brightness) {
- long i, tot = 0;
- for (i=0;i<size*3;i++)
- tot += image[i];
- *brightness = (128 - tot/(size*3))/3;
- return !((tot/(size*3)) >= 126 && (tot/(size*3)) <= 130);
- }
- int main(int argc, char ** argv)
- {
- int fd = open(FILE, O_RDONLY), f;
- struct video_capability cap;
- struct video_window win;
- struct video_picture vpic;
- unsigned char *buffer, *src;
- int bpp = 24, r, g, b;
- unsigned int i, src_depth;
- if (fd < 0) {
- perror(FILE);
- exit(1);
- }
- if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGCAP, &cap) < 0) {
- perror("VIDIOGCAP");
- fprintf(stderr, "(" FILE " not a video4linux device?)n");
- close(fd);
- exit(1);
- }
- if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGWIN, &win) < 0) {
- perror("VIDIOCGWIN");
- close(fd);
- exit(1);
- }
- if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
- perror("VIDIOCGPICT");
- close(fd);
- exit(1);
- }
- if (cap.type & VID_TYPE_MONOCHROME) {
- vpic.depth=8;
- vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY; /* 8bit grey */
- if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
- vpic.depth=6;
- if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
- vpic.depth=4;
- if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Unable to find a supported capture format.n");
- close(fd);
- exit(1);
- }
- }
- }
- } else {
- vpic.depth=24;
- vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB24;
-
- if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
- vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB565;
- vpic.depth=16;
-
- if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) {
- vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB555;
- vpic.depth=15;
-
- if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Unable to find a supported capture format.n");
- return -1;
- }
- }
- }
- }
-
- buffer = malloc(win.width * win.height * bpp);
- if (!buffer) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.n");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- do {
- int newbright;
- read(fd, buffer, win.width * win.height * bpp);
- f = get_brightness_adj(buffer, win.width * win.height, &newbright);
- if (f) {
- vpic.brightness += (newbright << 8);
- if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) {
- perror("VIDIOSPICT");
- break;
- }
- }
- } while (f);
- fprintf(stdout, "P6n%d %d 255n", win.width, win.height);
- src = buffer;
- for (i = 0; i < win.width * win.height; i++) {
- READ_VIDEO_PIXEL(src, vpic.palette, src_depth, r, g, b);
- fputc(r>>8, stdout);
- fputc(g>>8, stdout);
- fputc(b>>8, stdout);
- }
-
- close(fd);
- return 0;
- }
- -------------------- 8< ---------------- 8< -----------------------------
- 10.0 --- Other Information
- Use the ../../Maintainers file, particularly the VIDEO FOR LINUX and PARALLEL
- PORT SUPPORT sections
- The video4linux page:
- http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk/v4l.shtml
- The video4linux2 page:
- http://millennium.diads.com/bdirks/v4l2.htm
- Some web pages about the quickcams:
- http://www.dkfz-heidelberg.de/Macromol/wedemann/mini-HOWTO-cqcam.html
- http://www.crynwr.com/qcpc/ QuickCam Third-Party Drivers
- http://www.crynwr.com/qcpc/re.html Some Reverse Engineering
- http://cse.unl.edu/~cluening/gqcam/ v4l client
- http://phobos.illtel.denver.co.us/pub/qcread/ doesn't use v4l
- ftp://ftp.cs.unm.edu/pub/chris/quickcam/ Has lots of drivers
- http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reynolds/quickcam/ Has lots of information