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handaxe 2011-03-30 00:07

Re: A Better Camera
 
Blessn900 has no time lapse capabilities. There is however a (beta?) of an fcamera derived app called "Timelapse". Not finished according to the devs initial goals and instead development lapsed (excuse the pun)....

sansar95 2011-04-06 18:07

Re: A Better Camera
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sansar95 (Post 977544)
i have purchased this application from ovi store
now when i run this application it use to open ant the output is as follow

AFTER REBOOT SAME IS THE STORY

CAN ANY ONE SUGGEST ME A SOLUTION

As i thaught to support the auther now i am facing problem unable to use this application

Please help

raily 2011-04-07 18:28

Re: A Better Camera
 
You could try to contact the developers directly through their web presence: http://www.almalence.com/contact.html

P@t 2011-04-08 10:51

Re: A Better Camera
 
Thanks for your work

I have a sort of a problem but at least this is not too dramatic :)
I have reflashed the firmware of my N900. After that and reinstalling everything, I probably did something particular because when using the deb file of the 0.49 version, I see:
Code:

dpkg -i abettercamera_0.49.deb
(Reading database ... 53324 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace abettercamera 0.49-1 (using abettercamera_0.49.deb) ...
1172
ERROR: Module bc_cat does not exist in /proc/modules
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
Unpacking replacement abettercamera ...
Setting up abettercamera (0.49-1) ...
insmod: error inserting '/opt/abettercamera/bc_cat.ko': -1 Invalid module format
bccat device creation unsuccessful - will use slightly slower version of abettercamera
Checking for fcam drivers
No fcam drivers found
Installing bundled version of fcam drivers
Please read and acknowledge the important notice displayed on the N900's screen

I fear that I am not getting hw acceleration? But otherwise, the software seems to work which is good!
I can see someone else had posted the same issue here (@9000) but not sure that the solution has been posted or exists?
I did try with and without fcam-drivers installed. I did reboot several times. But I have no clue how to deal with that :confused:

Another problem is that I cannot reinstall from ovi because asking to pay again :mad: and not only ABC but also a whole list of software I paid (I could download only one).
But this is another problem and I contacted nokia support about that... hoping that a solution exists!

EDIT: I forgot to add that I cannot remove the application anymore. Because obviously that could have been a good idea to remove and then reinstall but nothing works : apt-get remove or apt-get purge.

vi_ 2011-04-10 21:05

Re: A Better Camera
 
EXIF tags STILL don't work! If I take a an exposure bracketed burst of photos then look at the EXIF data, they ALL show 8.9 as the EV. WTF?

I took a range of 5 photos using exposure bracketing in steps of +2 EV. When I check the EXIF data, they ALL show this:

Code:

EXIF tags in './20110409_020.jpg' ('Intel' byte order):
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Tag                |Value
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Image Width        |2592
Image Length        |1968
Manufacturer        |Nokia
Model              |N900
Orientation        |right - top
x-Resolution        |300.00
y-Resolution        |300.00
Resolution Unit    |Inch
Software            |BlessN900
Date and Time      |2011:04:09 15:56:44
Exposure Time      |1/500 sec.
FNumber            |f/2.8
ISO Speed Ratings  |100
Shutter speed      |8.90 EV (1/477 sec.)
Aperture            |2.80 EV (f/2.6)
Flash              |Flash did not fire
Focal Length        |5.2 mm
Colour Space        |sRGB
Digital Zoom Ratio  |1.00
Exif Version        |Exif Version 2.1
FlashPixVersion    |FlashPix Version 1.0
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------

This is pointless, the EXIF MUST contain the exposure or there is no point in having an exposure bracketing function!!!!!

Alfred 2011-04-10 21:46

Re: A Better Camera
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by P@t (Post 984134)
Thanks for your work

I have a sort of a problem but at least this is not too dramatic :)
I have reflashed the firmware of my N900. After that and reinstalling everything, I probably did something particular because when using the deb file of the 0.49 version, I see:
Code:

dpkg -i abettercamera_0.49.deb
(Reading database ... 53324 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace abettercamera 0.49-1 (using abettercamera_0.49.deb) ...
1172
ERROR: Module bc_cat does not exist in /proc/modules
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
Unpacking replacement abettercamera ...
Setting up abettercamera (0.49-1) ...
insmod: error inserting '/opt/abettercamera/bc_cat.ko': -1 Invalid module format
bccat device creation unsuccessful - will use slightly slower version of abettercamera
Checking for fcam drivers
No fcam drivers found
Installing bundled version of fcam drivers
Please read and acknowledge the important notice displayed on the N900's screen

I fear that I am not getting hw acceleration? But otherwise, the software seems to work which is good!
I can see someone else had posted the same issue here (@9000) but not sure that the solution has been posted or exists?
I did try with and without fcam-drivers installed. I did reboot several times. But I have no clue how to deal with that :confused:

Another problem is that I cannot reinstall from ovi because asking to pay again :mad: and not only ABC but also a whole list of software I paid (I could download only one).
But this is another problem and I contacted nokia support about that... hoping that a solution exists!

EDIT: I forgot to add that I cannot remove the application anymore. Because obviously that could have been a good idea to remove and then reinstall but nothing works : apt-get remove or apt-get purge.

Please excuse me for offtop, but how did you get a *.deb from the app, that you bought in ovi store? I find this issue very important for me, since i have bought stuff from ovi and i do reflash from time to time.

P@t 2011-04-11 10:18

Re: A Better Camera
 
@alfred
I believe I saw some tutorial in internet to have access to the temporary .deb that is downloaded through Ovi (never tried myself). But in this particular case, this is thanks to the very helpful Eugene :)

Schturman 2011-04-11 15:04

Re: A Better Camera
 
Hello
I purchased this program from OVI, the program working well, but I don't see the option to switch to the video mode...
It's not included in this app ?
Thanks

eugene.panich 2011-04-11 15:45

Re: A Better Camera
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Schturman (Post 985640)
I purchased this program from OVI, the program working well, but I don't see the option to switch to the video mode...
It's not included in this app ?

Yes, there is no option to switch to video mode.

gazza_d 2011-04-12 07:47

Re: A Better Camera
 
i would cheerfully purchase this app if the bloody useless Ovi store would accept any of my cards.

i use blessn900 as much as i can and like it, and would really appreciate the extra features and speed if i could only buy the dsmn thing!!

nfuel900 2011-04-12 07:52

check this out... HDR photos of Jaguar taken using BlessN900.... awesome.
 
check this out... HDR photos of Jaguar taken using Blessn900.... awesome.:eek:

http://thedamnpage.blogspot.com/2011...ar-in-hdr.html

patlak 2011-04-30 14:55

Re: A Better Camera
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by P@t (Post 984134)
Thanks for your work

I have a sort of a problem but at least this is not too dramatic :)
I have reflashed the firmware of my N900. After that and reinstalling everything, I probably did something particular because when using the deb file of the 0.49 version, I see:
Code:

dpkg -i abettercamera_0.49.deb
(Reading database ... 53324 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace abettercamera 0.49-1 (using abettercamera_0.49.deb) ...
1172
ERROR: Module bc_cat does not exist in /proc/modules
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
Unpacking replacement abettercamera ...
Setting up abettercamera (0.49-1) ...
insmod: error inserting '/opt/abettercamera/bc_cat.ko': -1 Invalid module format
bccat device creation unsuccessful - will use slightly slower version of abettercamera
Checking for fcam drivers
No fcam drivers found
Installing bundled version of fcam drivers
Please read and acknowledge the important notice displayed on the N900's screen

I fear that I am not getting hw acceleration? But otherwise, the software seems to work which is good!
I can see someone else had posted the same issue here (@9000) but not sure that the solution has been posted or exists?
I did try with and without fcam-drivers installed. I did reboot several times. But I have no clue how to deal with that :confused:

Another problem is that I cannot reinstall from ovi because asking to pay again :mad: and not only ABC but also a whole list of software I paid (I could download only one).
But this is another problem and I contacted nokia support about that... hoping that a solution exists!

EDIT: I forgot to add that I cannot remove the application anymore. Because obviously that could have been a good idea to remove and then reinstall but nothing works : apt-get remove or apt-get purge.

Have you found a solution? I can't remove it either, or boot the app. Whenever I start it asks me that the app needs a reboot :(

laasonen 2011-05-02 02:49

Re: A Better Camera
 
I'm also getting the error that the kernel module is invalid. Might it have something to do something with kernel-power?

laasonen 2011-05-03 11:17

Re: A Better Camera
 
Has anyone gotten the HW acceleration working with kernel-power?

debernardis 2011-05-03 17:32

Re: A Better Camera
 
@Eugene Panich:
I have read an interesting article on the use of golden ratio in the composition of photographic images. The article is in http://www.digital-photography-schoo...ds-on-steroids

Could it be possible to overlay the golden-ratio-based grids or spirals on the ABC or blessn900 viewfinder, as an aid to image composition? Thanks

Here are the examples:
http://www.digital-photography-schoo...le-600x399.jpg

http://www.digital-photography-schoo...-2-600x399.jpg

nick_stokes 2012-04-21 11:27

Re: A Better Camera
 
How I can REMOVE this app?

Code:

Nokia-N900:~# apt-get purge abettercamera
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
abettercamera*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 4321kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 61934 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing abettercamera ...
et8ek8-0002.bin_backup not found
1313
ERROR: Module bc_cat does not exist in /proc/modules
dpkg: error processing abettercamera (--purge):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
abettercamera
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Nokia-N900:~#

Also with "apt-get remove abettercamera" and "dpkg -r --force-all abettercamera"...
Please help!

retsaw 2012-04-21 11:57

Re: A Better Camera
 
There must be a "rmmod bc_cat" line in the /var/lib/dpkg/info/abettercamera.prerm script. Either edit the script to remove that line or modprobe the bc_cat module so rmmod has something to remove when asked.

nick_stokes 2012-04-21 13:16

Re: A Better Camera
 
Thank you very much, this helped!
I deleted it because I have a problem when saving photos. Constantly "IMAGE IN PROGRESS".
Just tried to take pictures through the BlessN900 - all good! And after "abattercamera" constantly trying to save. I waited 20 minutes, nothing has happened...
Only I have this problem?

Raimu 2012-04-21 14:00

Re: A Better Camera
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nick_stokes (Post 1195345)
I deleted it because I have a problem when saving photos. Constantly "IMAGE IN PROGRESS".
Just tried to take pictures through the BlessN900 - all good! And after "abattercamera" constantly trying to save. I waited 20 minutes, nothing has happened...
Only I have this problem?

Are you using a version of Power Kernel and if so, which?

nick_stokes 2012-04-21 14:42

Re: A Better Camera
 
kernel-power-50, last )

Raimu 2012-04-21 15:21

Re: A Better Camera
 
In that case I'd like to direct you towards this post: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=949

There is a reported incompatibility between the latest kernel-powers and A Better Camera. (Incidentally, BlessN900 doesn't have the same problem.)

You can either manually replace the files according to the post I linked, or perhaps try to uninstall A Better Camera (that's difficult, because the creators of ABC were sloppy enough not to include a 100% working uninstallation process) and install BlessN900 instead.

UJKU 2014-02-13 19:34

Re: A Better Camera
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Raimu (Post 1195393)
In that case I'd like to direct you towards this post: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=949

There is a reported incompatibility between the latest kernel-powers and A Better Camera. (Incidentally, BlessN900 doesn't have the same problem.)

You can either manually replace the files according to the post I linked, or perhaps try to uninstall A Better Camera (that's difficult, because the creators of ABC were sloppy enough not to include a 100% working uninstallation process) and install BlessN900 instead.

has anybody the setup for this app


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