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setpwc
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Introduction
With setpwc you can set and list various settings of Philips (and compatibles) WebCams with the 'PWC chipset'.
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 |
Uptill 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/
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.
Download
Setpwc is now included in Debian.
Commercial
Problems?
ioctl-commands failing? Upgrade the kernel to 2.4.21 (or more recent).
Changes
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
0.9 '-d' can now be anywhere in the commandline
0.8 with some compilers, setpwc would end up in an infinite loop. fixed.
0.7 The kernel API for the Philips compatible webcams has changed slightly, so setpwc was adapted accordingly.
0.6 fixed resetting pan/tilt of logitech orbit
0.5 added support for pan/tilt/zoom (Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere)
0.4 this version now includes pwc-ioctl.h so you no longer need to have the kernel-sources
0.3 a couple of settings are not supported by some webcam/driver combinations. the program will now not just bail out with cryptic error messages
0.2 the program will now not exit if an ioctl returns an error. it seems the versions of the driver behave differently
0.1 initial release
Tip
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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