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Date:      Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:14:15 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Bishop <bishop@teamgalocia.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB webcams....little help?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207300508140.9794-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <000c01c234a2$42675610$1885b9a3@nam.slb.com>

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On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Bishop wrote:

> So, now that I have my D-link DSB-C100 hooked up to my USB port (and
> recognized as an OV511+ device in dmesg, and now that vid supposedly works
> without any obvious errors, I'm now trying to determine where vid is placing
> its captures (if it is capturing at all).

> ...and here is the output of 'vid --help':
> ------------------------------------------------
> t85web# vid --help
> usage: vid [options]
> Capture an image frame from an OV511/OV511+ based USB video camera
> and write image data to standard output in PNM format
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

According to that, you should be able to say "vid > filename.pnm".  But
if you're not redirecting it to a file, you should see the output in the
shell as a bunch of binary data.  (Apparently; I don't have one of the
devices in question.)
 
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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