FreeBSD and an iSight

[Hidetoshi Shimokawa]

iSight is not a DV(digital video) but a digital camera.
You need to write a driver implementing 
"1394-based digital camera specification".

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At Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:02:12 +0100,
Nik Clayton wrote:
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> Has anyone had any luck getting an iSight to work with FreeBSD?  I've
> just plugged one in, and it's recognised by the firewire drivers, which
> is a start:
> 
> kernel: fwohci0: BUS reset
> kernel: fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc2, gen=9, CYCLEMASTER mode
> kernel: firewire0: 3 nodes, maxhop <= 2, cable IRM = 2 (me)
> kernel: firewire0: bus manager 2 (me)
> kernel: firewire0: New S400 device ID:000a27000407dc05
> kernel: sbp0:0:0 No additional information to report
> 
> but 'fwcontrol -R', with and without 'sysctl hw.firewire.try_bmr=0'
> doesn't capture anything.
> 
> Some poking around the Linux space has turned up:
> 
>     http://www.tele.ucl.ac.be/PEOPLE/DOUXCHAMPS/ieee1394/coriander/
> 
> which in turn depends on
> 
>     http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/
>     http://sourceforge.net/projects/libraw1394
> 
> and the video4linux interface, but nothing equivalent for FreeBSD.
> 
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