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Old 01-15-2015, 02:49 PM   #1
gothrog
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Ubuntu ffmpeg and no video or dsp on boot


Hi All,

I'm banging my head against a wall trying to figure this out. I'm running on a Ubuntu Linaro ARM 71.

Code:
mike@linaro-gnome:~$ uname -a
Linux linaro-gnome 3.4.0-g58e4014-00018-gfd56be5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 9 13:01:53 IST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get ffmpeg to take video in from a webcam. This should be straight forward and it doesn't seem to be.

Code:
mike@linaro-gnome:~$ sudo ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -s 320x240 -i /dev/usbdev1.1 out.mpg
ffmpeg version 2.5 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Dec 15 2014 19:21:39 with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
  configuration:
  libavutil      54. 15.100 / 54. 15.100
  libavcodec     56. 13.100 / 56. 13.100
  libavformat    56. 15.102 / 56. 15.102
  libavdevice    56.  3.100 / 56.  3.100
  libavfilter     5.  2.103 /  5.  2.103
  libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
  libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
[video4linux2,v4l2 @ 0xe9f450] ioctl(VIDIOC_QUERYCAP): Inappropriate ioctl for device
/dev/usbdev1.1: Inappropriate ioctl for device
The usbdev1.X changes every time I unplug the webcam in. I'm not sure how to get past the above error. I've tried creating a video0 device. The video device never worked and is removed on boot. Do I need a different kernel?

Code:
sudo mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0
sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0
sudo chgrp video /dev/video0
sudo ln -s /dev/video0 /dev/video

Last edited by gothrog; 01-15-2015 at 02:54 PM.
 
Old 01-15-2015, 05:47 PM   #2
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Hi:

All of the research that I did on:

Code:
Inappropriate ioctl for device
Points to a script that is running that I think is causing conflict.

http://fixunix.com/unix/89077-inappr...ice-error.html
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=699034

Quote:
The usbdev1.X changes every time I unplug the webcam in.
Somehow ( I could be wrong) that doesn't sound like that should be happening.
In what way does it change?

I would isolate that more and see if 'lsusb' see's the webcam.

-:-I couldn't get ffmpeg to work until I installed 'xterm' I'm not sure if Ubuntu needs xterm or not.-:-

Not sure if a newer kernel is the answer for you. Sometimes if your having issues with performance and hardware a newer kernel can make a difference.

I'm not familuar with ARM Architecture so I won't be much help there.

http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/

How to get video streaming from USB webcam
http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/4062...rom-USB-webcam

Maybe try VLC instead:-
http://xmodulo.com/live-stream-video-webcam-linux.html
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/.../ffmpeg.1.html

Maybe other members with experience with this error will chime in and advise you.
Sorry I don't know more-
 
  


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