Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] GM + DV + Debian (was: 1394 DV cam not recognized?)

[Chris Ruvolo <chris+gnomemeeting ruvolo net>]

On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 11:01:03AM +0200, PUYDT Julien wrote:
> > It works.  Two additional devices show up in the dropdown: /dev/raw1394 and
> > /dev/video1394.  I was able to get a video feed using the video1394 device
> > and module.
> 
> Yes, same thing here. However, I had to rmmod ohci1394 & reinsmod it
> several time before it worked: it is pretty unreliable.

video1394 seems reliable for me.  This is on stock 2.4.20.

> > Oh, and I had to file Debian bug #199878 against libdv2-dev for an include
> > problem in /usr/include/libdv/dv_types.h.  I had to comment out a bogus
> > #include of config.h there.
> 
> Yes; are you sure it wasn't already reported?

The maintainer at least wasn't aware of it.  He's forwarded it upstream and
they are discussing it.

> I prefer building my own binaries after the cvs version of gm, to do
> some other testing (when I have time), but those packages may be nice to
> point other people to if they want to use a stable gm _with_ AVC.
> Thanks!

Sure, happy to help.

-Chris