Err... That was new to me. Without researching how do you grab video from this generic driver how good this camera performs?
On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 7:52:17 PM UTC-3, Jon Smirl wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:42 PM, @lex <alex....@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Seems to be a nice camera, but that depends on your kernel version. > > There is no support for SN9C291 OV9712 on kernel v3.4.39. > > And no support on odroid-3.8.30 on my U3 also. > > Don't know about armbian legacy kernel version, but i don't expect there > > will be support also. > > The camera does not need a specific driver, it uses the generic USB > Video driver. > It is like a USB mouse or keyboard, you don't need a specific driver > for every different one. > > Drivers/Multimedia/Media USB/USB Video Class (UVC) > > Kconfig USB_VIDEO_CLASS > > This support dates way back to around 2.4 or so. Almost every desktop > web cam works using this driver. > > > > > On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 4:41:59 PM UTC-3, Jon Smirl wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Manuel Braga <mul....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 05:53:36 -0800 (PST) Rosimildo DaSilva > >> > <rosi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I did not mention, but I founf two issues withe blobs: > >> >> > >> >> a) Motion Detection causes segmentation fault, whenever enabled. > >> >> b) FFMPEG complains that timestamp ( PTS/DTS ) are missing on the > >> >> H264 stream generated by the encoder... I've tried many things ( > code > >> >> is commented out ), but nothing worked. > >> > > >> > There is another issue, that i believe to be important. > >> > But for whatever reasons, it has to be constantly remembered about > its > >> > existence. > >> > > >> > And that issue is: > >> > > >> > c) The proprietaries binary blobs don't have a clear license > attached. > >> > > >> > And in the copyright law, any "things" with "no license" by default > fell > >> > in the "all rights reserved". > >> > >> I gave up fighting with Allwinner's encoder long ago. It is far easier > >> to just plug in a USB based h.264 camera. You can easily buy ones from > >> Logitech for $50. > >> > >> If you want it at the hardware level, look at chips from Sonix. Here > >> is a board based on the SN9C291 for $8.50. The bare chips are about > >> $4. > >> > >> > https://world.taobao.com/item/40004211822.htm?spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.zGiipg#detail > > >> > >> Note that this PCBA is the same price as most bare image sensors > >> mounted on a flex cable. Plus I find it much easier to wire things > >> with a simple USB cable instead of an FFC. > >> > >> The Sonix chips will appear as USB UVC devices when plugged into Linux > >> and they will need no special drivers. They also work on Windows. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Manuel Braga > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "linux-sunxi" group. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > >> > an email to linux-sunxi...@googlegroups.com. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Jon Smirl > >> jons...@gmail.com > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "linux-sunxi" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to linux-sunxi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Jon Smirl > jons...@gmail.com <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
