Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:25:42 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Cc: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video capture driver interface to file system? Message-ID: <199704180255.MAA21055@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199704172335.QAA02492@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Apr 17, 97 04:35:04 pm"
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Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > > If you guys are still interested in technical stuff. We need a very > fast mechanism to store images to disk. Suggestions? >From where? ie. where is the source of the data? A device driver, or an application? > fxtv is a nice multimedia app which basically turns your PC to a TV. If you want to use files in a filesystem, write() is pretty good 8) If that's too slow, try using a disk partition (ie. write a userspace filesystem with just the primitives you need). Make sure you experiment with both the raw and cooked disk interfaces to see which works best for you. > Amancio -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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