I have what I hope is a very simple problem. I recently moved my main desktop OS from Windows 7 to openSUSE 13.1 with a WinXP VirtualBox. I had been running a Logitech c310 USB webcam in Windows. I was unable to get the device to work in my virtual Windows box, so I had to find a Linux solution to take periodic stills from the camera.
I found someone else with the same issue and copied/pasted his mplayer script:
/usr/bin/mplayer tv:// -frames 1 -tv fps=5:driver=v4l2:quality=90:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -vo jpeg
It's working great except for a 30 or 40 minute window after sunrise and again before sunset when my webcam looks like this in cheese:
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but is filled green in mplayer:
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I assume that disabling whatever "feature" is doing this is possible with a switch, but I haven't been able to find it. The number of RGB options in mplayer makes searching on "green" maddening.
If anyone has an answer or even a link to something more helpful than the man page, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!
I found someone else with the same issue and copied/pasted his mplayer script:
/usr/bin/mplayer tv:// -frames 1 -tv fps=5:driver=v4l2:quality=90:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -vo jpeg
It's working great except for a 30 or 40 minute window after sunrise and again before sunset when my webcam looks like this in cheese:
but is filled green in mplayer:
I assume that disabling whatever "feature" is doing this is possible with a switch, but I haven't been able to find it. The number of RGB options in mplayer makes searching on "green" maddening.
If anyone has an answer or even a link to something more helpful than the man page, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!