Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:59:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Yuri <yuri@tsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plans to support web-cams on FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20050624205753.C47411@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <42B667D0.8020003@tsoft.com> References: <42B667D0.8020003@tsoft.com>
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Yuri wrote: > > Are there plans to support webcams under FreeBSD ? There has been talk on and off on -multimedia about a Video4BSD API that would handle most image-capture devices. A big problem with your average USB webcam is that there are six million proprietary different camera interfaces and even with an API if there is no drivers its useless. > It must be possible to make some infrastructure allowing to use linux > videodevice drivers with minimal changes. Good luck :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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