(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 -- \ Georgi Georgiev \ Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel \ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / in which it is stored as well as destroy the / \ +81(90)2877-8845 \ object on which it is poured. \ _______________________________________________ GnomeMeeting-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
