Hi, I'm not sure if this helps, but.... Have you looked in to the following URL? http://www2.starcat.ne.jp/~takam/bsd/NetBSD.html
This page has some info on getting some USB camera running on NetBSD and FreeBSD. Hope this helps, Haro From: "Kevin Oberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:48:48 -0700 ::> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:36:21 +0300 ::> From: Oleg Korecky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ::> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::> ::> ::> Did sombody know how I able grab video stream from USB camera ? ::> ::> Sorry for my bad english! :: ::Far better than my Russian! :: ::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. :: ::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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 :: _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
