FAQ: Revision history

4 April 2016

• curprev 16:0316:03, 4 April 2016‎ Fhackenberger talk contribs‎ 13,011 bytes +467‎ Hint for incompatibility with TLP

30 August 2014

• curprev 08:5108:51, 30 August 2014‎ Toover talk contribs‎ 12,544 bytes +441‎ Added a troubleshooting entry for audio firmware.

24 July 2011

• curprev 20:0320:03, 24 July 2011‎ Zarvox talk contribs‎ 12,103 bytes −335‎ →‎Is audio available through libfreenect?
• curprev 20:0120:01, 24 July 2011‎ Zarvox talk contribs‎ 12,438 bytes +94‎ →‎Is it possible to use the Kinect as a standard webcam?

1 April 2011

• curprev 02:1802:18, 1 April 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 12,344 bytes +327‎ →‎I'm trying to troubleshoot a stability or performance issue, do you have any advice?: Some dropped packets acceptable if app functions properly

8 March 2011

• curprev 03:4603:46, 8 March 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 12,017 bytes +169‎ →‎Is audio available through libfreenect?: A proof-of-concept driver for the Kinect audio core exists!!
• curprev 03:3603:36, 8 March 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 11,848 bytes +816‎ →‎Issues: error LNK1104 - clicking "build" again usually solves the issue. + bit for advanced users i.e. full setup of the project in MSVS.

3 March 2011

• curprev 05:4905:49, 3 March 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 11,032 bytes +100‎ →‎Is audio available through libfreenect?: and this disussion: link to http://groups.google.com/group/openkinect/browse_frm/thread/47b863acf2b26811#
• curprev 05:3905:39, 3 March 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 10,932 bytes +409‎ →‎Technical: Is it possible to capture the RGB and the IR data at the same time? - from the mailing list!

24 February 2011

• curprev 06:1706:17, 24 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 10,523 bytes 0‎ Order of items section 2.
• curprev 06:0806:08, 24 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 10,523 bytes +883‎ What is the wavelength of the laser + what is the dot pattern: not your every day question nor the exact same subject but still, there was nothing about this in the FAQ so there is now.+links

21 February 2011

• curprev 05:2005:20, 21 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 9,640 bytes +31‎ →‎What is the current development status of the OpenKinect project?: 'started' --> History#Sequence_of_events
• curprev 04:5504:55, 21 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 9,609 bytes 0‎ Dev status should be the first item, then support.
• curprev 04:5304:53, 21 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 9,609 bytes −58‎ →‎It's still early in the year (for instance, 20-02-2011) and I'm wondering what is the current development status of the OpenKinect project?: yeah that was too long loll
• curprev 04:5004:50, 21 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 9,667 bytes −7‎ →‎Is it possible to use the Kinect as a standard webcam using libfreenect?: more generic question, more specific response
• curprev 04:3904:39, 21 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 9,674 bytes +1‎ added 1 line spacing
• curprev 04:3604:36, 21 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 9,673 bytes +1,372‎ A few additions (4) - audio; dev status; webcam; skeleton tracking; + divided into 3 categories General/Technical/Issues to help search

12 February 2011

• curprev 08:1008:10, 12 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 8,301 bytes +397‎ Ubuntu 64bit - libGL.so issue after upgrade i.e. symlink. thanks handonam!

11 February 2011

• curprev 11:2011:20, 11 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 7,904 bytes +111‎ Can I help translate...: Added link to Language Policy which already links here.
• curprev 09:5109:51, 11 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 7,793 bytes +1,026‎ Can I help translate a specific page on the OpenKinect Wiki to my language? - yes you can and here's how!
• curprev 02:3402:34, 11 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 6,767 bytes +414‎ I get an error that the module freenect doesn't have a 'sync_get_rgb' attribute - from the channel, thks zarvox!

3 February 2011

• curprev 20:1620:16, 3 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 6,353 bytes +79‎ Failed to submit isochronous transfer 0: -1: link to mailing list i.e. Marcos Slomp's discussion on the issue...
• curprev 03:5503:55, 3 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 6,274 bytes +4‎ wording.
• curprev 03:5103:51, 3 February 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 6,270 bytes +393‎ I get a 'Failed to submit isochronous transfer 0: -1' error: usb1.1 related. From channel.

29 January 2011

• curprev 20:2020:20, 29 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 5,877 bytes +51‎ Framesize etc. of depth/rgb/IR - it is IR that's 640x488, depth and rgb is 640x480. Thanks zarvox again!

25 January 2011

• curprev 06:2906:29, 25 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 5,826 bytes +349‎ White screen from RGB this time i.e. issue 144 glColour4f. Link to fix. There was another report 01/23 Marcus in the channel Ati x600. x600 is much older than R600 and fix didn't seem to work. Unsure
• curprev 05:1905:19, 25 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 5,477 bytes +150‎ Link from stability or perf issue(4), item graphics card behavior -- to ATI driver issue(7).
• curprev 05:1305:13, 25 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 5,327 bytes +391‎ White screen with ATI card: this was discussed today in the channel. With link to the post which contains the fix.

24 January 2011

• curprev 03:2903:29, 24 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 4,936 bytes +499‎ What is the frame size etc upgrade: +depth buffer size +reference to isochronous usb tranfers +2 960byte chunks +8 colums no data +no ir/data returns 2047 +ref libfreenect.h - thanks Zarvox!!

23 January 2011

• curprev 04:1004:10, 23 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 4,437 bytes −129‎ How to ask for help: I wanted each item on a single so further compact. Done.
• curprev 03:5503:55, 23 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 4,566 bytes −17‎ How to ask for help: "please" don't summarize - let's be polite; entire rework of the text, shorter and to the point.

22 January 2011

• curprev 21:3221:32, 22 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 4,583 bytes +22‎ How should I ask for help - pastebin.com hyperlink
• curprev 21:0821:08, 22 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 4,561 bytes +1‎ spelling
• curprev 21:0521:05, 22 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 4,560 bytes +1,326‎ How should I ask for help in the IRC channel or on the mailing list? Covering the basic info needed for intelligent debug.
• curprev 04:4404:44, 22 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 3,234 bytes +472‎ Isochronous transfer error: 1 + MacOSX -> mailing list thread "ofxKinect cameras not updating - Isochronous transfer error: 1

21 January 2011

• curprev 07:0907:09, 21 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ m 2,762 bytes +6‎ spelling
• curprev 06:1206:12, 21 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 2,756 bytes +952‎ Stability or performance issue bit + glview verbose: inspired from chat on the 21st Jan. I added the bit about the graphics card because of this other user with a radeon. Thanks to zarvox and latent22

18 January 2011

• curprev 19:0519:05, 18 January 2011‎ BankP talk contribs‎ 1,804 bytes +892‎ What is the frame size/bitrate of the rgb/depth stream etc.?

24 November 2010

• curprev 06:3706:37, 24 November 2010‎ AMCDawes talk contribs‎ m 912 bytes +4‎ →‎Can optical polarization (or other tricks) be used to combine two Kinect sensors viewing the same scene from different angles?
• curprev 06:3606:36, 24 November 2010‎ AMCDawes talk contribs‎ 908 bytes +780‎ →‎Can multiple kinects be combined to view the same scene from different angles?

19 November 2010

• curprev 16:0016:00, 19 November 2010‎ JoshB talk contribs‎ 128 bytes +27‎ →‎Why are there black shadows in the depth image?
• curprev 16:0016:00, 19 November 2010‎ JoshB talk contribs‎ 101 bytes +101‎ Created FAQ