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- * libgphoto2/camlibs/clicksmart310,
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-
-
- The Logitech Clicksmart 310 camera is based upon a Sunplus spca50x chip, but
- its command sequences are quite different from those cameras supported in
- camlibs/spca50x. Hence, a separate library to support it.
-
- The camera will do 352x288 and 176x144 resolution settings. The camera (not
- the driver software) compresses all photos in JPEG format. High-resolution
- and low-resolution settings use different compression algorithms; not only are
- the low-resolution photos of smaller pixel dimensions, but they are also more
- highly compressed.
-
- The hardware supports the following listed actions, all of which are
- implemented here:
-
- -- JPEG photo format for both high-resolution and low resolution settings
- -- download all photos (gphoto2 -P)
- -- download any selected list of photos (gphoto2 -p)
- -- delete all photos on camera
- -- shoot a clip, which is saved by the OEM driver as an AVI file and we
- save the clip frames here as individual photos. If you want to see a movie
- from them, then try using the ImageMagick function "animate."
-
- The camera is "dual mode" and can also function as a webcam, supported by the
- spca50x kernel module. All streaming video and all capture abilities of the
- camera use isochronous data transmission and thus require support from
- a kernel module. The hardware will not support the capture options of gphoto2.
-
- The user should be aware that access to this camera through gphoto2 will
- fail if attempted with the spca50x kernel module already loaded. In that event
- the kernel module will already have claimed the camera. Thus, if you have the
- kernel module please make sure it is not installed. You may need to add
- spca50x to /etc/hotplug/blacklist to ensure that the module is not
- automatically installed when the camera is plugged in.
-
- Credits:
-
- Russell Bell <russell@rickstewart.com> has done extensive testing, and has
- also participated in the coding.
-
- Warranty: None.
-
- Theodore Kilgore <kilgota@auburn.edu>
- 01/21/2006