video cam with room view for FreeBSD

[James Phillips]

> 
> Message: 23
> Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:43 +0100
> From: "Bas v.d. Wiel" <bas at kompasmedia.nl>
> Subject: Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD
> && Skype
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <4B912457.5040601 at kompasmedia.nl>
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<SNIP!>
> In the past I've had reasonable succes using a standard
> camcorder over 
> firewire to do things like this. It's been a few years
> though. If using 
> firewire isn't an issue for you, I'd be happy to delve into
> my pile of 
> notes and see if I can find you something of a howto. The
> advantage of a 
> firewire camera is in the much more standardized protocol
> between PC and 
> camera.
> 
> Bas
> 

USB cameras are starting to implement a standard protocol as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_video_device_class
(Shortened to "UVC")
It is apparently a requirement for USB and Vista certification.

>From the Wikipedia page:
FreeBSD

Not implemented yet, there are patches available which make Linux kernel USB mediadrivers work in userspace by using an asynchronous USB interface. It's the first OS allowing to have an entire highspeed USB driver in userland.

Regards,

James Phillips






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