[GnomeMeeting-list] Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] New MiniDV driver
- From: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
- To: GnomeMeeting development mailing list <gnomemeeting-devel-list gnome org>
- Cc: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
- Subject: [GnomeMeeting-list] Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] New MiniDV driver
- Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:36:46 +0200
I forgot! Thanks a lot!
Le lundi 04 avril 2005 à 09:35 +0200, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> Hi Georgi,
>
>
> Is it able to do DC too?
> Do you think you can fix the "does not report the pretty name of the
> camera" problem?
> Finally, I think it can be proposed to Craig for inclusion. It doesn't
> require any extra dep, so it is perfect :)
>
> Le lundi 04 avril 2005 à 10:54 +0900, Georgi Georgiev a écrit :
> > (I hope this mail makes it)
> >
> > This message is mostly targeted at people who are using the AVC plugin
> > for their MiniDV camera.
> >
> > A new implementation of a DV1394 plugin (cleanly installable along with
> > the current plugins) is available for download from
> > http://www.gg3.net/~chutz/dvplugins/
> >
> > The major differences between the new DV and the current AVC plugins
> > are:
> >
> > - no more (silently) dropped frames (or at least *less* of them)
> > - depends on a loaded dv1394 kernel module
> > - does not depend on libavc1394
> > - does not depend on libraw1394
> > - does not report the pretty name of your camera
> > - no crashes on my 2.6 kernel (AVC was freezing on me after a few
> > seconds)
> >
> > Any reports/comments/suggestions from brave souls are much appreciated.
> >
> > == Short F.A.Q. ==
> >
> > - ../../make/unix.mak: No such file or directory
> >
> > It should be possible to compile the module with a simple "make". If
> > you get errors about a missing "make/unix.mak", then run this command
> > on the "make/plugins.mak" file that came with pwlib:
> >
> > sed -e 's,\(include *\)\.\./\.\./,\1$(PWLIBDIR)/,'
> >
> > To Whom It May Concern: Could someone fix the source, so that
> > plugins.mak includes files from the proper location, like the other
> > .mak files do?
> >
> > - "ptlib-config: Command not found" or missing headers
> >
> > You need the pwlib development package for your system I guess. You
> > also need the libdv devel packages, and that should be about it.
> >
> > - The dv1394 kernel module:
> >
> > This module provides character devices that allow you to directly read
> > a raw DV stream.
> >
> > - No devices detected
> >
> > The new DV plugin for pwlib looks for a device at all possible (known
> > to me) locations. In addition, it will also look for a file named
> > ./symlinked.dv. The idea of this ./symlinked.dv is to allow you to
> > create a symlink to your device file on your system if it is not
> > detected.
> >
> > If your /dev lacks the required devices, you probably need to create
> > the nodes yourself. Take a look at http://www.linux1394.org/dv1394.php
> >
> > Summarized:
> >
> > In the absence of devfs, you can make your own device by, for example,
> > mknod -m 666 /dev/dv1394 c 171 32 for NTSC
> > or
> > mknod -m 666 /dev/dv1394 c 171 34 for PAL
> >
> > Also see below for udev and devfs support.
> >
> > - udev
> >
> > Version 2.6.12-rc1 of the linux kernel has the ieee1394 family of
> > modules with enabled sysfs support. If you are running 2.6.12-rc1 or
> > later with udev, you should get a device like /dev/dv1394-0 or
> > similar.
> >
> > I also recommend adding the two lines below to your udev rules, in
> > order to make your setup a bit prettier. I guess a future version of
> > udev will include these lines.
> >
> > KERNEL="dv1394-*", NAME="dv1394/%n", GROUP="video"
> > KERNEL="video1394-*" NAME="video1394/%n", GROUP="video"
> >
> > - devfs
> >
> > The dv1394 module creates devices at /dev/ieee1394/dv/host#/{NTSC,PAL}/{in,out}
> > I don't have a devfs setup, so I decided to trust the data at
> > http://www.linux1394.org/dv1394.php
> >
> >
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