Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:46:45 -0400 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net> To: Southwell <vizion@ptialaska.net> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 support Message-ID: <20000413194645.A7655@cokane.yi.org> In-Reply-To: <00d701bfa59c$b95b1aa0$82e346c6@demon.co.uk>; from vizion@ptialaska.net on Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 07:07:43PM -0400 References: <200004131608.JAA28324@mass.cdrom.com> <00d701bfa59c$b95b1aa0$82e346c6@demon.co.uk>
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Can you get any docs on this at all? Maybe from VIA, the new KX133 chipsets have support for 1394, perhaps there exists documentation for their implementation? -- ck Southwell had the audacity to say: > > Hi > > I posted a query relating to Firewire support and Mike came back with the > awful news that he felt the field was so laced with patents that it was not > worth trying.. > I am quite interested in seeing if a way round the problems can be found - > does anyone have any pointers. > > What I felt would be useful would be to try to support either the Texas > Instruments IEEE 1394 OCHI compliant controller or some of the other cards > that are available. (I have an on board TI chip). Does anyone have a link to > some information that can identify the patent problems Mike referred to? > > Initially I would like to be able to get a "simple" capture program that > would generate either AVI Type 1 or Type 2 files from a camcorder. > > Are the problems as insurmountable as Mike seems to feel they are? > > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Smith" <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> > To: "Southwell" <vizion@ptialaska.net> > Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:08 AM > Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 support > > > > > Is any one working on firewire (IEEE 1394) support for camcorders? > > > > No; the field is laced with patents which prevent any really useful work > > being done. You might as well ignore firewire for the time being. > > > > -- > > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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