Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:28:42 +0800 From: "Intron is my alias on the Internet" <intron@intron.ac> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Survey on Video Capture API: BSD meteor(4) vs. Video for Linux 1/2 Message-ID: <courier.4523E13A.0001525D@intron.ac>
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If I would code to enhance video capture support for FreeBSD, what video capture API do you prefer? Your choices: 1. BSD Brooktree 848 (See bktr(4) and meteor(4)) This is *BSD-specific video capture API. So far only Brooktree (Conexant) 848/878 chip is supported by *BSD. Thus, actually this API is BT848/878-specific. 2. Video for Linux 1/2 (See http://v4l2spec.bytesex.org/) These are the video capture APIs for Linux. There are two versions: V4L and V4L2. Supported hardware list: http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/drivers.html (V4L2 mainly) http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html (V4L) MPlayer supports both kinds of API's. But to gain Linux binary compatibility for FreeBSD, V4L/V4L2 must be introduced to FreeBSD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Beijing, China
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