I'm using a camera based upon an Empia Technology 2750 webcam (1.3 mp) and cannot get the thing to work. One program gives an error message "Can't add Smart Tee". Another crashes.
The drivers for the camera (wXP) installed without any problem. The webcam doesn't work well under native Linux, although there are drivers for it (they set it to the wrong resolution, and the display "tears").
Right now, I can only use it under full Windows, and I'd like to get away from that.
Get Empia webcam to work with Wine
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Paleoethnobotanist
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Re: Get Empia webcam to work with Wine
Windows hardware drivers don't work in Wine. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-8021e00 ... 621b9d9366Paleoethnobotanist wrote:I'm using a camera based upon an Empia Technology 2750 webcam (1.3 mp) and cannot get the thing to work. One program gives an error message "Can't add Smart Tee". Another crashes.
The drivers for the camera (wXP) installed without any problem. The webcam doesn't work well under native Linux, although there are drivers for it (they set it to the wrong resolution, and the display "tears").
Right now, I can only use it under full Windows, and I'd like to get away from that.
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Paleoethnobotanist
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OK, how do I get this camera to work?
This situation is driving me crazy. I hate using Windows, but I may be forced to in order to do my work (running it under windows in a virtual box adds a 5 second delay in screen capture- making adjustments a headache!). The camera is supposed to work under Linux, but the driver comes up with these crazy resolutions (such as 1024x816 instead of 1024x768) and they just don't work (image is torn/distorted)- and I get no replies from my request for help on the Ubuntu forums.
I have some background in computers, but not to the point where I can write my own drivers or do a lot of command-line work with Linux (yet)- and I have other things I need to learn first.
The software I want to use works under wine, but I get the "Can't add Smart T" message and the camera doesn't come up. If I can get it to work with the camera, it would be the ideal solution.
This situation is driving me crazy. I hate using Windows, but I may be forced to in order to do my work (running it under windows in a virtual box adds a 5 second delay in screen capture- making adjustments a headache!). The camera is supposed to work under Linux, but the driver comes up with these crazy resolutions (such as 1024x816 instead of 1024x768) and they just don't work (image is torn/distorted)- and I get no replies from my request for help on the Ubuntu forums.
I have some background in computers, but not to the point where I can write my own drivers or do a lot of command-line work with Linux (yet)- and I have other things I need to learn first.
The software I want to use works under wine, but I get the "Can't add Smart T" message and the camera doesn't come up. If I can get it to work with the camera, it would be the ideal solution.
Hardware needs to work in the host OS for Wine to use it, so any problems with the image would have to be solved at that level. Your webcam seems to be a uvc one. Have you tried configuring it in Linux with luvcview?Paleoethnobotanist wrote:OK, how do I get this camera to work?
I'm also not sure that your software would be able to access the camera from Wine even if you got the Linux drivers working. Support for USB devices in Wine is very limited. (I've never tried, so I really don't know.)
It's unfortunate you haven't gotten a response on the Ubuntu forum, because that's where you should be getting help with this. You might try a general Linux forum, such as http://www.linuxquestions.org/
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Paleoethnobotanist
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luvcview doesn't work on my system... it crashes with "Init V4L2 failed!! exit fatal".
Cheese works fine at low resolutions (below 640x480), but the pictures are scrambled and useless at higher resolutions. I also get a scrambled picture in Kamoso and VLC.
It is a UVC type, but everything I've tried to force it to use the proper resolution has failed. I don't know who the idiots were who came up with the crazy resolutions for this webcam (like I mentioned - 1024x816 instead of 1024x768), but they cannot seem to be changed to ones that actually work. They aren't the resolutions that this camera is designed for- and not what works in Windows (uggh!) I also haven't been able to figure out where a configuration file might be where I could go in and edit it- and FORCE the webcam driver/software to the correct resolution. I've been fighting with it for a few days now.
I understand that the generic "Smart Tee" will probably work with this camera, but it's not been implemented in Wine yet.
Cheese works fine at low resolutions (below 640x480), but the pictures are scrambled and useless at higher resolutions. I also get a scrambled picture in Kamoso and VLC.
It is a UVC type, but everything I've tried to force it to use the proper resolution has failed. I don't know who the idiots were who came up with the crazy resolutions for this webcam (like I mentioned - 1024x816 instead of 1024x768), but they cannot seem to be changed to ones that actually work. They aren't the resolutions that this camera is designed for- and not what works in Windows (uggh!) I also haven't been able to figure out where a configuration file might be where I could go in and edit it- and FORCE the webcam driver/software to the correct resolution. I've been fighting with it for a few days now.
I understand that the generic "Smart Tee" will probably work with this camera, but it's not been implemented in Wine yet.
