Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:09:45 +0100 (CET) From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: guru@unixarea.de Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, Xavier xfm <xavierfreebsdmultimedia@gmail.com> Subject: Re: get video of /dev/videoX Message-ID: <201203101709.q2AH9jFv051710@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20120306113942.GA1726@tiny> References: <CAALX7D%2BM4_SW7JFqCB%2BQzSnxMF8BMMrXvRD86NtOsfwRvv%2ByRg@mail.gmail.com>
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In article <20120306113942.GA1726@tiny> you write: >El día Tuesday, March 06, 2012 a las 12:03:58PM +0100, Xavier xfm escribió: > >> Hi, >> >> I have: >> >> > ls -l /dev/video8 /dev/input/event8 >> crw-rw---- 1 webcamd webcamd 0, 127 5 mar 11:09 /dev/input/event8 >> crw-rw---- 1 webcamd webcamd 0, 126 5 mar 11:09 /dev/video8 >> > >> >> How can I get video of /dev/video8 ? > >You have to be in the group 'webcamd' and must have installed >ports/multimedia/pwcview; then you can use > >$ pwcview -d /dev/video8 That only works for webcams tho, having a /dev/input/event* node too suggests it is an anlog tuner (where the /dev/input node would be for a remote which could be used with comms/lirc), and in that case the OP needs to try something like mplayer (built with the V4L knob enabled), or vlc (?, all in ports under multimedia/), or tvtime, tho I think the latter isn't in ports yet. (since most people these days use digital tuners I guess, which would appear as /dev/dvb/adapter*/* and can be tested with w_scan, mplayer, vlc, or even mythtv or vdr.) Actually I'm not sure, maybe mythtv can be used with analog tuners too... Oh and now I see the OP also posted in -hardware, where he shows webcamd logs that say its an em28xx device, to the OP: If you get that working I'd like to add it to the wiki here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat so I'd like to know the Name, usbids and other details for it. And I think there are dual analog/digital em28xx tuners also so be sure to check if you get shomething in /dev/dvb for it too. Good luck! :) Juergen
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