diff -ur motion-3.2.10.1/video2.c motion-3.2.10.1.MJPEG/video2.c
--- motion-3.2.10.1/video2.c	2008-06-11 00:39:40.000000000 +0200
+++ motion-3.2.10.1.MJPEG/video2.c	2008-07-18 22:03:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@
 			   fmt.pixelformat >> 16, fmt.pixelformat >> 24, fmt.description);
 
 		for (i = 0; supported_formats[i]; i++)
-			if (supported_formats[i] == fmt.pixelformat && i > index_format) {
+			if (supported_formats[i] == fmt.pixelformat ) {
 				if (cnt->conf.v4l2_palette == i) {
 					index_format = cnt->conf.v4l2_palette;
 					motion_log(LOG_INFO, 0, "Selected palette %c%c%c%c", fmt.pixelformat >> 0, 
@@ -378,7 +379,11 @@
 				struct v4l2_jpegcompression v4l2_jpeg;
 
 				if (xioctl(s->fd, VIDIOC_G_JPEGCOMP, &v4l2_jpeg) == -1) {
-					motion_log(LOG_ERR, 0, "VIDIOC_G_JPEGCOMP not supported but it should");
+					motion_log(LOG_ERR, 0, "VIDIOC_G_JPEGCOMP not supported but it should be (does your webcam driver support this ioctl?)");
+					// uvcvideo doesn't seem to have this, even SVN version ?!
+					// http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/linux-uvc-devel/2007-April/001578.html
+					// kill the thread here?
+					
 				} else {
 					v4l2_jpeg.jpeg_markers |= V4L2_JPEG_MARKER_DHT;
 					if (xioctl(s->fd, VIDIOC_S_JPEGCOMP, &v4l2_jpeg) == -1)