Linux webcam resolution in flash

Report · Jun 07, 2010

Hello

I am using PartyBooth software (www.partyboothapp.com) that I purchased through adobe AIR. This is a simple application that lets you use a webcam to run a photobooth.

I have 3 cameras that are very well supported in Linux:

1) Logitech Webcam Pro 9000

2) Logitech Quickcam Vision Pro

3) Microsoft Lifecam Cinema

All 3 of these cameras work at full resolution in every linux app that I have used (including skype)

However, in this flash-based program (PartyBooth), the cameras will only work at 240x240 resolution, which is way too low to take reasonable pictures.

All 3 of these cameras are capable of HD resolutions, and again, all resolutions work in other applications! (Note: these are all UVC compliant cameras)

Is there a way to test if this is either:

A) A bug in Flash Player 10 for Linux

B) A bug in the PartyBooth applicaion

thanks for any help I can get!

Jon

Report · Jul 06, 2010

I have this problem in all flash applications.

My camera uses v4l2 subsystem and UVC interface and has native resolution 640x480. In other programs (not flash, i.e. skype, guvcview) it starts to capture in 640x480 by default.

And if I start web browser (firefox or chrome) with preloading v4l1 compatibility library:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so firefox

flash starts to capture in 640x480. So it can be used as workaround before v4l2 support in flash will be fixed.