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Date:      Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:06:14 +0200
From:      Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@gmail.com>
To:        Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Subject:   Re: USB webcam++ support for FreeBSD-8-current is soon here
Message-ID:  <d9def9db0906011406y74589482r3038c058ea4c6adb@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200906012241.12019.hselasky@c2i.net>
References:  <200804142217.17035.beech@FreeBSD.org> <20090530070025.GA2465@current.Sisis.de> <200906012241.12019.hselasky@c2i.net>

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Hi,

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> wro=
te:
> Hi,
>
> During the weekend I have almost finished my Userland Linux kernel wrappe=
r
> with full USB support through the new libusb and Linux' V4L API.
>
> Currently compiling: GSPCA based Webcams, USB video class webcams.
>
> Technically all V4L Radio/DVB and Webcam devices using USB on Linux can b=
e
> supported under FreeBSD in userland with little hassle. The only problem =
is
> that the Linux kernel code is GPL and not LGPL licensed, so there might b=
e a
> problem linking with propritary applications ...
>
> Almost finished code is available from:
>
> svn --username anonsvn --password anonsvn \
> =A0 =A0 =A0checkout svn://svn.turbocat.net/i4b/trunk/usbcam/ulinux
>
> NOTE: Not all files are checked in, so running "make clean all" won't get=
 you
> anything yet.
>
> If you want to help out on getting the rest of the Linux Webcam drivers u=
p and
> running on BSD, then please let me know.
>

does this new libusb support transfers up to 170 mbit? I wonder
because the synchronous attempt to
transmit URBs is way to slow for this.
I more or less also have a userspace wrapper for video4linux2 and
linuxdvb which also works with eg. libusb, libpci
and works on Apple. On Linux it works with legacy applications by
using LD_PRELOAD although I still need
a fast data transfer link to the kernel for USB (which is not provided
by libusb yet).
I also have a driver for this already (DVB-C, DVB-T, analog TV, FM
Radio USB Hybrid dongle).

regards,
Markus



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