El Sábado, 4 de Noviembre de 2006 22:37, Dan Nicholson escribió:
> I don't have a video camera, but I think I understand what goes into
> supporting it. First, you need to have Video For Linux support in your
> kernel. That would be in Device Drivers -> Multimedia devices -> Video
> For Linux. That enables CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV and CONFIG_V4L2. You probably
> want to enable the V4L1_COMPAT option, too, as some applications
> aren't up to speed on the new interface yet.
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Hi.
As usual, Dan is right. If you have udev working you will have a /dev/video0
device as soon as you load the driver, and the cam is plugged in, of course.
Recently, I was given a cheap logitech quickcam webcam. Kernel 2.6.18 has a
basic support for it, but my older kernel hadn't. Well, I asked google and I
saw several drivers that I thought had to work. But until I found the right
one, nothing. I even tried to use makedev and cheat a bit, but don't do it.
If it doesn't work, it doesn't. I'm saying this because you might think that
it should work and you might be wrong, not the kernel. So what you have to do
is make sure you find a working driver. You will know when it works. Then,
you can try xawtv, camorama or even mplayer to test it, before using ekiga or
any other software.
Alberto
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