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Subject: Re: kaffeine-1.0 and webcamd based DVB-T?
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> > 
> >  I have Cc'd hps, maybe he has an idea how to get the device index
> > 
> > out of a running webcamd for hal to use... (maybe webcamd should
> > also do a setproctitle()?)
> 
> Actually, I'd prefer if there was a file or socket from which I could
> read to get this data.  hps, is this doable?  That is, could I have a
> file or socket that would allow me to map a USB bus/addr to a video (or
> dvb) device ID?

I think something like this has been discussed before, that perhaps webcamd, 
when it is ready updates hald, if present in the system.

Could you provide me the snprintf() I need and where to send it?

--HPS