Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:19:31 -0800 From: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz> To: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: something like video4linux the 2. (some thoughts...) Message-ID: <38863873.E57C1C85@outpost.co.nz> References: <200001180741.XAA19364@rah.star-gate.com>
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Amancio Hasty wrote: > For instance, our low level video api is the bt848 ioctl and I provided > backwards compatibility with matrox meteor driver which uses an > entirely different chipset. > > What you want is more video capture device drivers for different video > capture boards using the bt848 ioctl interface which is sufficiently general > to accomodate most video capture programs. I couldn't quite parse the previous message, but if you're saying that providing an abstraction for video devices that is compatible with Video4Linux is not a good idea, then I'd have to disagree with you. If we had a working V4L interface to a bt848 card, I could run RealProducer on my webcam box to provide a full RealVideo feed (instead of the RealAudio which is all it can do at present). I'm not all that hopeful about Real (or any other software vendor) supporting the bktr device anytime soon. As it is, I can see a need for that RealVideo feed, so I may have to succumb and install Linux on the box. But I'd really, really like to not have to. -- C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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