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authorHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>2012-04-27 12:56:59 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-05-07 16:15:21 -0300
commit282ddfbcab456eb09429b3ca3c1cc5dde5a65358 (patch)
treec5ea87d2b0dae23c151f3df02b7c60b44f017225 /drivers/media/video/gspca/pac7311.c
parent4b8ceb6c1539d776de8aec587902d8e0e2705390 (diff)
[media] gspca_pac7311: Properly set the compression balance
Before this patch sometimes the camera would run out of bandwidth when running at 640x480@30. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/media/video/gspca/pac7311.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/gspca/pac7311.c30
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/gspca/pac7311.c b/drivers/media/video/gspca/pac7311.c
index 54b4ab68f0b5..5ccf0b41ffc5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/gspca/pac7311.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/gspca/pac7311.c
@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@
* 0x1b Auto white balance related, bit 0 is AWB enable (inverted)
* bits 345 seem to toggle per color gains on/off (inverted)
* 0x78 Global control, bit 6 controls the LED (inverted)
- * 0x80 JPEG compression ratio ? Best not touched
+ * 0x80 Compression balance, interesting settings:
+ * 0x01 Use this to allow the camera to switch to higher compr.
+ * on the fly. Needed to stay within bandwidth @ 640x480@30
+ * 0x1c From usb captures under Windows for 640x480
+ * 0x2a Values >= this switch the camera to a lower compression,
+ * using the same table for both luminance and chrominance.
+ * This gives a sharper picture. Usable only at 640x480@ <
+ * 15 fps or 320x240 / 160x120. Note currently the driver
+ * does not use this as the quality gain is small and the
+ * generated JPG-s are only understood by v4l-utils >= 0.8.9
+ * 0x3f From usb captures under Windows for 320x240
+ * 0x69 From usb captures under Windows for 160x120
*
* Register page 4:
*
@@ -408,12 +419,21 @@ static void setexposure(struct gspca_dev *gspca_dev)
* 640x480 mode and page 4 reg 2 <= 3 then it must be 9
*/
reg_w(gspca_dev, 0xff, 0x01);
- if (gspca_dev->cam.cam_mode[(int)gspca_dev->curr_mode].priv &&
- sd->ctrls[EXPOSURE].val <= 3) {
+ if (gspca_dev->width != 640 && sd->ctrls[EXPOSURE].val <= 3)
reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x08, 0x09);
- } else {
+ else
reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x08, 0x08);
- }
+
+ /*
+ * Page1 register 80 sets the compression balance, normally we
+ * want / use 0x1c, but for 640x480@30fps we must allow the
+ * camera to use higher compression or we may run out of
+ * bandwidth.
+ */
+ if (gspca_dev->width == 640 && sd->ctrls[EXPOSURE].val == 2)
+ reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x80, 0x01);
+ else
+ reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x80, 0x1c);
/* load registers to sensor (Bit 0, auto clear) */
reg_w(gspca_dev, 0x11, 0x01);