[spook-l] error setting palette parameters

mike kuras mike at superphly.com
Thu Aug 5 15:38:43 EDT 2004


Successfully compiled Spook on a stock, fresh Debian Sarge box.

Here's the tail of ./configure:
     Input modules
      Enabled:   v4l
      Disabled:  dc1394 vdig
   Encoder modules
      Enabled:   mpeg4 jpeg
      Disabled:


I get this when starting Spook:

   # ./spook -D -c ./spook.conf
   Aug  5 19:08:43 spook[11003]: frame size is 304128
   Aug  5 19:08:43 spook[11003]: listening on tcp port 7070
   Aug  5 19:08:43 spook[11003]: v4l: using capture device "Logitech USB
   Camera"
   Aug  5 19:08:43 spook[11003]: v4l: error setting palette parameters


I'm using a Quickcam Express (yes, yes... i read the rant):

   # lsusb
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express

Here's the uncommented lines from spook.conf:
   FrameHeap 20;
   Port 7070;
   Input V4L {
         Output "raw";
         Device /dev/video0;
         InputType Webcam;
         FrameRate 5;
   }
   Encoder MPEG4 {
         Input "raw";
         Output "mpeg4";
         Bitrate 200;
   }
   Output RTP-MPEG4 {
         Input "mpeg4";
         Path /webcam;
   }
   Filter Framedrop {
         Input "raw";
         Output "dropped";
         Scale 150;
   }
   Encoder JPEG {
         Input "dropped";
         Output "jpeg";
   }
   Output HTTP {
         Input "jpeg";
         Path /webcam;
   }
   Log File {
         File "spook.log";

The program dumps before creating spook.log.


Any ideas?  I see in the Changelog that there were problems with Logitechs 
before, but they'd been fixed.

Thanks a lot.






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