[vlc] Re: webcam problem...

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Sun, Jan 30, 2005, madmax wrote :
> Hi all,
> 
>     I tested the last SVN version, and I had a problem on Linux (not on
> Win32) with my webcam. Using the default options, now I just can't only see
> a black screen... it's like if the brightness was too high... I saw that
> there was new options like contrast and brightness... so I think the problem
> should really come from this.
> 

Well, the brightness can be set indeed on v4l devices. On versions <=0.8.1, it can be done by adding a "brightness=<int 0-65535>" statement to the v4l MRL.

On the svn version, you can also set it by using the --v4l-brightness
option.

-- 
BigBen

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