What's the model #?
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It's a generic Sony IMX-179 based USB cam (lsusb doesn't return a manufacturer).
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What program are you using to interface with the device and are you using the standard drivers or company specific (although usually most products don't have linux specific drivers)
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Ahhh you answered the driver question :) -- I'm looking into it to see what I can find.
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And program is currently fswebcam but am not tied to it. I may want to cut my teeth on py at some point but right now single frame grabs with a bash script
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You're going for 8MP -- what's the highest resolution you've been able to achieve thus far?
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By the file size, an order of magnitude less so I'm assuming 344x224 or so (130k files). I figure it's not worth the hassle if moving the card to the pc at this point
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Nope, sorry the image size is technically correct but the compression is atrocious and image unusable.
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Have you tried RAW mode or is that even an option with that program? I usually never have much success with compression in that environment
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it's not available with this program at least, but png is also giving me fits - "unable to handle format" but I'm not sure why.
v4l2-ctl lists mjpeg and yuyv as options for the camera
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If you don't have any immediate ideas, it's cool, I still appreciate the questions cuz they make me think. I've plenty of time to solve this, & am tiling the bathroom for the next few days. There's also a random reset problem which I'm not sure if system stability or power.
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