Alexander Leidinger wrote this message on Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 14:31 +0200: > Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org> wrote: > > >I'm considerring it.. It looks quite doable. (assuming we can get > >compatible include files > >without copyright problems.) > > > >For compatibility we'd probably want to keep all the V4L prefixes etc. > > > >Is anyone else playing with this? > > There was a discussion about something like this a while ago... a, I see you > participated in it too: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2003-July/000328.html > http://people.freebsd.org/~jmg/videobsd.html Yes, I did... and unless V4L2 managed to change a lot.. It's API is still years behind what we should have... The reason I haven't said anything is that I didn't want to attempt to derail any work that someone might be doing.. Yes, V4L2 is not a very good api, but as others have pointed out, it makes portability easier... Plus, I haven't spent any time on VideoBSD recently, since I've gotten sidetracked by other projects... (Though if I can get ATI to give me specs for their HDTV PCI card, I might spend some more time on it...) So, if you just want Linux compatiblity, go for it... If you want a real usable video API, then send me comments and look at the VideoBSD stuff I have done... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."Received on Wed Apr 13 2005 - 15:15:04 UTC
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