NEWBIE Video Drivers

Katy8989 · 03-22-2011, 04:10 PM

I've been having some problems with online videos and my webcam. Somebody suggested that it's something to do with video drivers. What drivers do I need to install and how?

The output of

Code:

lspci

gives me:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
01:03.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
01:03.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
01:03.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17)
01:03.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 08)
01:03.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 03)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:05.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

Thanks

elliott678 · 03-22-2011, 04:13 PM

First it would be helpful to know what kind of problems you are having.

Katy8989 · 03-22-2011, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elliott678

First it would be helpful to know what kind of problems you are having.

Okay. BBC iPlayer doesn't work at all, and my webcam just doesn't show up in Skype. Some other videos online don't work too (mainly TV catch-up). Normal YouTube videos are fine, but not ones like this

Streaming radio doesn't work either though, so it may be another problem. I don't know.

elliott678 · 03-22-2011, 04:34 PM

I doubt the BBC iPlayer problem has anything to do with your video drivers. Your card is a very common and well supported Intel integrated chipset, so most likely the drivers being used now are the best there is. Are you using the latest Flash player?

As for the webcam, the output of lsusb will show the model name and ID of the camera.

Katy8989 · 03-22-2011, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elliott678

I doubt the BBC iPlayer problem has anything to do with your video drivers. Your card is a very common and well supported Intel integrated chipset, so most likely the drivers being used now are the best there is. Are you using the latest Flash player?

As for the webcam, the output of lsusb will show the model name and ID of the camera.

I have the latest Flash. Is there anything else I need to install/update to make iPlayer work?

elliott678 · 03-22-2011, 05:03 PM

I don't know for sure because I can't use the iPlayer at all. I'm not in the UK so it won't allow me to view any videos, but the player itself will load. Youtube also won't let me watch that video you linked earlier because of the country I am in.