N900 Video Recording with LEDs

[rojicha07]

Hi everyone:

Recently, with the Flashlight application, video could be recorded on the N900 with LEDs ON. However, now this feature is no longer available...

Is there any other app/way to put the LEDs from the device ON while recording video?

Thank you!

[neboja]

anyone???? i have a same question too.... :P

[Tropa]

Me too.. Anyone?

[noobmonkey]

Me too.. Anyone?

Might be best to ask the developer of the flashlight application? :)
Otherwise could be a bug?

[optimistprime]

had the same problem. just uninstalled and reinstalled old version. works again!

[sinetype]

I got the error "Unable to start flashlight. camera is in use by another application".

It would be nice if it worked though

[cb22]

If you have v4l2-ctl:

./v4l2-ctl -c torch_intensity=1

will do the trick.

[rojicha07]

Mmm, can someone please explain me more about that code? What does it mean? Where do I put it?

[romanianusa]

Mmm, can someone please explain me more about that code? What does it mean? Where do I put it?

Don't use the latest version. Install the 2nd to the latest and it should work.

[phortize]

forgive me for this noob question but... how do i install the old version? i can handle some xterminal if well explained.

[romanianusa]

forgive me for this noob question but... how do i install the old version? i can handle some xterminal if well explained.

Install this version: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/pool/fremantle/free/f/flashlight-applet/flashlight-applet_0.3-0_armel.deb

[xman]

I find this feature useful as well, especially if try to do video while camping or in a night club, etc.

However, the question to be asked, is there a reason beside conflicts with the red led light that this was changed? Meaning will it break/ crash/ make it unstable?

x

[phortize]

I find this feature useful as well, especially if try to do video while camping or in a night club, etc.

However, the question to be asked, is there a reason beside conflicts with the red led light that this was changed? Meaning will it break/ crash/ make it unstable?

x

could that ever be because red light is mandatory by law in some country? if so, big phail

[xman]

That would seem to be likely, however this was dev'd by a 3rd party person. So I'm guessing the blame would then be placed on the individual.

x

[andyph666]

Won't work for me I've put the v412 file in root, /home/user, /home/user/MyDocs and tried the command ./v412etc and it gave me a no permission error. I did sudo gainroot already. Also installed the 0.3 version of flashlight but it did not work with the video mode. it said it was in use.

[rojicha07]

Install this version: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/pool/fremantle/free/f/flashlight-applet/flashlight-applet_0.3-0_armel.deb

I installed this version but still can't use the LEDs during video recording :(

[cb22]

Won't work for me I've put the v412 file in root, /home/user, /home/user/MyDocs and tried the command ./v412etc and it gave me a no permission error. I did sudo gainroot already. Also installed the 0.3 version of flashlight but it did not work with the video mode. it said it was in use.

You probably need to do a chmod +x v4l2ctl first before running it.

[Venomrush]

You don't need to do any of that.

Download the old version (0.2.0) which does what you want here - http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/pool/fremantle/free/f/flashlight-applet/flashlight-applet_0.2-0_armel.deb

Transfer that to your phone in /root then run the following as root

dpkg -i flashlight-applet_0.2-0_armel.deb

[raulito]

Many apologies upfront, but when I connect my n900 to my laptop, I can't find any folder labeled 'root'. How is this done? Thank you in advance for any insight you can give.

[optimistprime]

if you installed the deb file its probably in MyDocs. to get to root you have to use x_terminal
sudo gainroot

[raulito]

I downloaded the file to the mass storage folder. Not to any subfolders. When I opened the file manager and found the file, I tried to install it by opening the file, but the device wants to know what program to associate it with.

Any ''step-by-step'' tricks I can do to get it to install?

Completely ignorant of maemo language here...

[optimistprime]

on your desktop find the file , just copy it to the documents folder.

check out this link for help for x_term command

[raulito]

which link?

[optimistprime]

sorry, it didnt attach

http://nokiaaddict.com/2010/01/13/install-deb-files-using-new-n900-firmware/[/URL]

[raulito]

Thanks for all the help. I installed ver 3 and it had conflicts.
Uninstalled ver 3 and installed ver 2 and still doesn't work with camera. :(

[rojicha07]

You don't need to do any of that.

Download the old version (0.2.0) which does what you want here - http://espejo.freemoe.org/repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/pool/fremantle/free/f/flashlight-applet/flashlight-applet_0.2-0_armel.deb

Transfer that to your phone in /root then run the following as root


Thanks a lot!! Now I can record video with LEDS!! :)

[maxximuscool]

I downloaded the file to the mass storage folder. Not to any subfolders. When I opened the file manager and found the file, I tried to install it by opening the file, but the device wants to know what program to associate it with.

Any ''step-by-step'' tricks I can do to get it to install?

Completely ignorant of maemo language here...


First you have to be Root!

Sudo gainroot

If you put the file into the memory card then type this:

Terminal: ~$: dpkg -i /media/mmc1/flashlight....deb

if you put in the phone HDD then: put it in Temp folder

$: dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/Temp/flashlight.deb

[m2cm2c]

check out my python scrip that I've put together to let you focus and toggle the led while filming, and tell me what you think :D

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=554743

[dmj726]

@cb22
Where did you find this binary? Is there source for it somewhere?

[grau]

check out my python scrip that I've put together to let you focus and toggle the led while filming, and tell me what you think :D

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=554743

Sweet ! Works like a charm.

Would it be possible to get on recording autofocus by half-pressing the camera button !? That would make it perfect !

Ah, just noticed a little annoyance : when setting on-screen focus control, the screen gets dimmed. making it harder to verify,

Other than that. very good work, thanks !

[Kamikaze]

Thanks for all the help. I installed ver 3 and it had conflicts.
Uninstalled ver 3 and installed ver 2 and still doesn't work with camera. :(

Same for me, very strange :confused:

[lcuk]

If you have v4l2-ctl:

./v4l2-ctl -c torch_intensity=1

will do the trick.

Hi, this application seems to have appeared from nowhere with no source or license attributation and managed to be used in multiple applications.

Can you tell me where you got it from and whether its source and license are available.
as it stands, I feel this binary should not be included inside free software.

(lfocus is one of the other python apps which wraps this binary)

[lcuk]

ok, I answered my own question with some digging :)

v4l2-ctl is a test app included within the GPL2 licensed package:

http://packages.debian.org/experimental/utils/v4l-utils

adding the main debian package lines to my scratchbox

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main

I can get the source for the individual binary to build happily
tested by copying onto my machine

however, the debian packaging around the whole suite of tools requires debhelper 7 and potentially some other things.

So, source found and valid, but giving out a random binary is the wrong way, perhaps it should be extracted and a simpler maemo happy package created (unless someone wants to expand on what I started and bring the whole lot in)

Much happier now I know its got proper official OSS roots :)