Re: Plans to support web-cams on FreeBSD ?

From: Doug White (dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com)
Date: 06/25/05

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To: Yuri <yuri@tsoft.com>

    On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Yuri wrote:

    >
    > Are there plans to support webcams under FreeBSD ?

    There has been talk on and off on -multimedia about a Video4BSD API that
    would handle most image-capture devices.

    A big problem with your average USB webcam is that there are six million
    proprietary different camera interfaces and even with an API if there is
    no drivers its useless.

    > It must be possible to make some infrastructure allowing to use linux
    > videodevice drivers with minimal changes.

    Good luck :) 

    -- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org
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