USB camera

[Buki]

> I'm afraid FreeBSD currently lacks support for USB video devices. There
> has been discussion of both porting V4L to BSD or creating a BSD video
> system, but I have yet to see any indication of when or if either will
> actually be available.

that would be really nice, finally a way to use my DVB-T card under FreeBSD
unfortunately I came to the same conclusion after reading -multimedia archive :(

> 
> As of today, the only video input available for FreeBSD is a video
> capture card using bktr(4). These devices are fairly inexpensive (at
> leat in the US) at about $25. Less on ebay. But you then need a camera
> offering composite video out and these can be a bit harder to come by.
> -- 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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