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Introduction
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With setpwc you can set and list various settings of Philips (and compatibles) WebCams with the 'PWC chipset'.
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Supported hardware
NOTE: this list might not be complete! If your webcam works correctly with the PWC-driver, then it'll work fine with setpwc.
| Philips: | PCA645VC
PCA646VC
PCVC675K "Vesta"
PCVC680K "Vesta Pro"
PCVC690K "Vesta Scan"
PCVC720K/PCVC740K "ToUCam XS"
PCVC730K "ToUCam Fun"
PCVC740K "ToUCam Pro"
PCVC750K "ToUCam Scan"
PCVC830K "ToUCam Fun II"
PCVC840K "ToUCam Pro II"
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| Askey | VC010 |
| Creative Labs | Webcam Pro Ex |
| Logitech | QuickCam 3000 Pro
Logitech QuickCam 4000 Pro
Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro (WARNING: new models with USB ID 046d:08c3 do not work!)
Logitech QuickCam Zoom
Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere |
| Samsung | MPC-C10
MPC-C30 |
| Sotec | Afina Eye |
| Visionite | VCS UM100
VCS UC300 |
Up till a while ago, NemoSoft was the maintainer of the driver for the PWC compatible webcams. Development by him
has stopped, Luc Saillard has decided to continue the work.
Webpage of NemoSoft: http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
Webpage of Luc Saillard: http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/
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What can it do for you
The settings you can set are:
- dump current settings
- set framerate
- store/restore settings in nonvolatile RAM
- restore factory settings
- set compression preference
- set automatic gain control
- set shutter speed
- red/blue-balance when white balance mode set to manual
- set automatic white balance mode speed and delay
- set led on- and off-time
- set electronic sharpness
- set backlight compensation
- set antiflicker mode
- set noise reduction mode
- set pan/tilt/zoom (Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere)
Run 'setpwc -h' to see a list of commands.
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Download
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Setpwc is now included in Debian.
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Problems?
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ioctl-commands failing? Upgrade the kernel to 2.4.21 (or more recent).
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Changes
1.3 fixes to make it work with v4l2 as well (thanks to bruno prémont)
1.2 certain resolution + framerate combinations need to be set at the same time or else the PWC chipset refuse them
1.1 added man-page (written by Anders Lennartsson)
1.0 the serial number of the webcam is now displayed
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Tip
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Of course, when an other program is using your webcam, you cannot tweak the settings of it. Well, not in all cases that is. Try using 'sysfs' in that case.
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Links
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