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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:43:33 +0100
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>
Subject:   Re: picture wanted about ... (Re: webcamd/cuse4bsd && Skype)
Message-ID:  <201203121843.33311.hselasky@c2i.net>
In-Reply-To: <20120312102903.GA1521@tiny>
References:  <20120101164408.GA2389@tinyCurrent> <20120311074800.GA2510@tinyCurrent> <20120312102903.GA1521@tiny>

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On Monday 12 March 2012 11:29:03 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El d=EDa Sunday, March 11, 2012 a las 08:48:01AM +0100, Matthias Apitz=20
escribi=F3:
> > To end this long old thread: after fetching and installing
> > ports/multimedia/linux_v4l2wrapper-kmod from CVS HEAD, the V4L2 cam wor=
ks
> > fine with the old (V4L1) Skype 2.0.0.72; see also
> > http://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat
> >=20
> > Thanks to Juergen for the hints.
>=20
> Hello Hans Peter,
>=20
> It would be nice for better understanding or further related trouble
> shooting to have a small picture (I like ASCII graphics), how the
> pieces:

Hi Matthias:

>=20
> Skype (V4L1 or V4L2 iocls) and pwcview(1)

These two provide the IOCTL interface /dev/videoX.

> webcamd(8)
> cuse4bsd.ko

These are separate. They only translate ioctls.

> linux.ko
> v4l2wrapper-kmod.ko

Need more info?

=2D-HPS

>=20
> fit together; would you mind to create one (or send me a few words and I
> create one) and we add this to the above mentioned Wiki-page;
>=20
> Would be really nice; thanks in advance
>=20
> 	matthias



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