[Sumover-tech] RE: [AG-TECH] rat, usb and logitech, again

[Markus Buchhorn]

Hi Andy

At 10:43 AM 4/05/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>I have same problem with a Logitech Fusion USB camera. Did you get any
>response to your question?

Not yet.... 

Piers, Peter, Socrates, are you back from your holidays yet? :-)

Cheers,
        Markus


>Andy Quay
>Associate Director
>Digital Worlds Institute / University of Florida
>102 FAA, Gainesville, Florida 32611-5800
>Email: andy at digitalworlds.ufl.edu Web: www.digitalworlds.ufl.edu
>Phone: 352-294-2020  Fax: 352-294-2030
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
>Behalf Of Markus Buchhorn
>Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:09 AM
>To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov; p.ohanlon at cs.ucl.ac.uk
>Subject: [AG-TECH] rat, usb and logitech, again
>
>Hi all
>
>On returning from a greatly needed break :-) I found myself in posession
>of a "Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks Pro II" <takes breath>. A very
>nice USB camera, it also includes a microphone and a simple echo
>canceller (and a cute face tracker and video effects package :-) ).
>
>No problem with the video side under any apps, no problem with the audio
>side under any apps, except under rat. Rat refuses to see it, even when
>it's the default microphone device. I've seen this problem mentioned a
>few times before, dating back to at least 2002, with no resolution. The
>USB Logitech headset (mike plus earphones) I normally use works fine
>with rat.
>
>My guess is that rat is looking for a full duplex audio device. The
>camera is audio input only by definition. If this is the likely cause,
>is there a hack around it (can I run an instance of rat with "input
>only", independently of an "output" rat?), or a feature request looming
>to have rat cope with devices like these? i.e. independent audio input
>and output devices. Or an earlier version of rat that doesn't check for
>full-duplex? Currently this is on Windows, but I'd imagine the same
>thing will bite me on Linuxen.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Cheers,
>        Markus
>
>Markus Buchhorn, ANU Internet Futures             |Ph: +61 2 61258810
>Markus.Buchhorn at anu.edu.au                        |Fx: +61 2 61259805
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Markus Buchhorn, ANU Internet Futures             |Ph: +61 2 61258810
Markus.Buchhorn at anu.edu.au                        |Fx: +61 2 61259805
The Australian National University, Canberra 0200 |Mob: 0417 281429