From owner-freebsd-multimedia Sat Apr 29 15:21:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from dorothy.hentschel.net (216-59-4-104.usa.flashcom.net [216.59.4.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F20837B546 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:21:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thomas@hentschel.net) Received: from hentschel.net (thomas@falcon.home.hentschel.net [192.168.1.2]) by dorothy.hentschel.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA18265; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:10:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thomas@hentschel.net) Message-Id: <200004292210.PAA18265@dorothy.hentschel.net> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:27:39 -0700 (PDT) From: thomas@hentschel.net Subject: Re: USB camera support for FreeBSD To: Roger Hardiman , housel@acm.org Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <390B1E9F.DF7D4E03@cs.strath.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've created a ugen-patch which applies to 4-stable as of yesterday. I've verified that the kernel compiles, but didn't have any time testing it. It's available at http:/dorothy.hentschel.net/ugen.diff . If someone is available to test it, please let me know of any success / fail. The stuff below still applies... -Th On 29 Apr, Roger Hardiman wrote: > Here is a post about new USB WebCam support you > may be interested in. > > ------- > From: "Peter S. Housel" > > I have written for FreeBSD (and probably NetBSD) a simple-minded image > capture program for USB webcams based on the OmniVision Technologies > OV511 bridge chip attached to an OV7610 CCD imager. This includes > inexpensive webcams such as: > > This is a simple image capture program for USB webcams based on the > OmniVision Technologies OV511 bridge chip attached to an OV7610 CCD > imager. This includes webcams such as: > > * Creative Labs WebCam 3 > * D-Link DSB-C300 > * Puretek PT-6007 > * Koala-Cam > * Lifeview RoboCam > * AverMedia InterCam Elite > * MediaForte MV300 > > The program is heavily based on the OV511 linux driver by Mark > W. McClelland. (See http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/ for more > information). Recent versions of that driver support a wider array of > cameras; if it supports something that this program doesn't then > contact me and I'll see what I can do. > > You can download version 1.0 of the program at: > > http://members.home.com/housel/vid-1.0.tar.gz > > Since USB webcams transfer image data using an isochronous endpoint, > support for isochronous transfers in the FreeBSD/NetBSD generic USB > device (ugen) driver is required. A patch adding this support is > also available on my home page: > > http://members.home.com/housel/ugen.diff > > The patch has only been tested under FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT. > > > -- > Roger Hardiman > Strathclyde Uni Telepresence Research Group, Glasgow, Scotland. > http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk 0141 548 2897 > roger@cs.strath.ac.uk > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message