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Date:      Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:16:40 -0600
From:      Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
To:        Roshan <rbhurtha@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Video / Audio Capture Framework in FreeBSD ?
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On 12/19/05, Roshan <rbhurtha@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list.
> Does anyone know if there will be a Video / Audio capture framework
> that will be part of FreeBSD in the next few years ?
> I currently use the bktr device for image capture, but it would be
> nice if there was some kind of interface that would permit me to
> capture from  a broader kind of video devices. On Linux they have v4l
> ( video for linux ) that does exactly that, but i don't think it will
> be ported to *BSD due to licensing issues. I came across bsdav in the
> ports tree, but it seems to be broken. I am also curious as to what
> kind of capture methods/framework other image/signal processing people
> use under FreeBSD.
> Thanks
> Roshan.

Ditto!, Also what about motion capture (motion detection triggering
for hdd storage etc.) for security surveillance. software such as
ZoneMinder, eLViS, and the ELSAMS project:
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/kwyu/ etc. etc.



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