(Fedora 20)
Firstly ensure that you have the following packages installed:
yum install flumotion netpbm-* xawtv words libjpeg-turbo-utils
Unfortunately, vidwhacker doesn't call xscreensaver-getimage-video correctly. Happily, vidwhacker is a simple perl script, so it can simply be edited using your favourite editor.
This can be fixed by making the following changes:
$cmd = "xscreensaver-getimage-video $v --stdout"; (line 319)
becomes,
$cmd = "xscreensaver-getimage-video";
and, after,
$ppm = `$cmd`; (line 356)
add,
$ppm = `cat $ppm`;
I'm not saying this is particularly elegant as a fix, but it'll get it going.
If you would like vidwhacker only to grab images from the webcam (instead of sometimes searching your files directory as well), make the following change:
#$do_file_p = (int(rand(2)) == 0); (line 303)
to,
$do_file_p = 0;
Firstly ensure that you have the following packages installed:
yum install flumotion netpbm-* xawtv words libjpeg-turbo-utils
Unfortunately, vidwhacker doesn't call xscreensaver-getimage-video correctly. Happily, vidwhacker is a simple perl script, so it can simply be edited using your favourite editor.
This can be fixed by making the following changes:
$cmd = "xscreensaver-getimage-video $v --stdout"; (line 319)
becomes,
$cmd = "xscreensaver-getimage-video";
and, after,
$ppm = `$cmd`; (line 356)
add,
$ppm = `cat $ppm`;
I'm not saying this is particularly elegant as a fix, but it'll get it going.
If you would like vidwhacker only to grab images from the webcam (instead of sometimes searching your files directory as well), make the following change:
#$do_file_p = (int(rand(2)) == 0); (line 303)
to,
$do_file_p = 0;