On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:09:08 +0200 "Marten van der Tempel" <tempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > My webcam setup produces pictures that can use some more color. It is not > that the pictures are pure black and white but colors look grayish. If you > compare it to w98 pictures made using the same TV-card and PAL camera, the > w98 pictures look good and the Linux pictures look almost black and white. > > My system setup is as follows (not powerfull enough??): > Pentium 90 MHZ > 40 MB RAM > > E-tech TVCard, (uses connexant BT8xxx chip), SONY PAL camera (SSC-DC138) > > Software versions > kernel version 2.2.14 > bttv-0.7.91 > xawtv_3.66-> I am using the program "webcam" which can be used to grab > pictures from the camera and save them as .jpg > > conf.modules entry: > # TV card > alias char-major-81 bttv > options bttv card=8 (Flyvideo) > > I tried other card options but all of the picture producing cards produce > the same grayish colors > > Please help, > Regards, Marten > Hi Marten... Stupid question: Did you adjust the color=n parameter in the .xawtvrc file? John
