Can you please tell me the idVendor and idProduct for this camera? On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 8:08:21 PM UTC-3, @lex wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 05:53:36 -0800 (PST) Rosimildo DaSilva >> >> > <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >> >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jon Smirl >> >> [email protected] >> > >> > -- >> > 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 [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> Jon Smirl >> [email protected] >> >
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