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Re: U35F-X1 flipped webcam

 

Thanks Andrew. The extra line did the trick. It seems like the 33+
laptops have an extra topping.

-marius
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Sent from Ubuntu



On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 13:52 -0600, Andrew Matta wrote: 
> I had this problem on my U33JC running Arch Linux and fixed it last 
> night after reading something on the web (can't remember where, just 
> searched Google). I run Skype using the following script:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> export LIBV4LCONTROL_FLAGS=3 && 
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
> 
> I did not recompile anything. Note my path has lib32 in it; it's a 
> 32-bit library on my 64-bit system. It's also at a different path than 
> yours. Try adding the "export LIBV4LCONTROL_FLAGS=3 &&" portion in front 
> of your current command and see what happens.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> On 09/18/2010 01:42 PM, Albert Vilella wrote:
> > thanks very much for the info. I think this is the first U35F on the
> > list, but there might
> > be similar models in terms of webcam tweaks...
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Marius Jigmond<mjigmond@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Most things run fine on Ubuntu 10.10 Beta. The only problem is the
> >> flipped webcam. libv4l0 0.8.0 from Debian didn't help. I compiled 0.8.1
> >> and launched Skype with $LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
> >> skype but it's still flipped. I also added my camera/laptop info to
> >> libv4lcontrol.c, re-compiled, and still no luck.
> >>
> >> Lines added:
> >>         { 0x064e, 0xa136, 0, "ASUSTeK Computer Inc.        ", "U35F
> >> ",
> >>                 V4LCONTROL_HFLIPPED | V4LCONTROL_VFLIPPED },
> >> lsusb: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:a136 Suyin Corp.
> >>
> >> Any ideas out there?
> >>
> >> -marius
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