<html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="camstream.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <p><a href="index.html" target="_top">Frames</a></p> <h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1> <p>Here are some of the questions that have been asked a number of times, with my answers. <h3>General questions</h3> <p class="question">Hey, great tool, but will you write a command-line version?</p> <p class="answer">No. (Yes, sometimes I'm blunt. Think about it, though.)</p> <p class="question">Whenever I switch desktops, minimize the camstream window or do some other heavy stuff on the screen, the program stops with an "error -22". <p class="answer">It's a problem with your motherboard/USB controller. Due to the heavy traffic on the PCI bus to your videocard, the USB controller can't get through and produces an error. There is nothing I can do about that, you may have to fiddle with 'setpci' to give your USB controller more priority (increase the latency timer for USB, lower that of your video card). This is a bit dangerous, though.</p> <p class="answer">Alternatively, buy an AGP video card or a new motherboard.</p> <p class="question">I've got a Philips cam (or related model), and I can only get a very small image.</p> <p class="answer">This is really a <a href="http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/">PWC driver issue</a>. You must load the additional PWCX module to get full resolution.</p> </body> </html>
