On 30/09/2007, Jörg Hermsdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I wonder if it would be possible to access my webcam with several > applications simultaneously? > I would like to stream my cam 24/7 via VLC, but want to be able to use it > with wengophone at the > same time, without killing the VLC server. > I know that v4l2 applications bind to the video device exclusively, but > wouldn't it be possible to setup > kind of a shadow video device which is just a copy of the original v4l2 > device? This shadow device doesn't > need to implement any controls, just stream a copy of all frames that are > sent from the cam to the primary > video device (/dev/video0), so other, secondary applications can just > "listen" to the stream. > > Best regards, > Jörg > > > > > ________ > Yahoo! Clever: Stellen Sie Fragen und finden Sie Antworten. Teilen Sie Ihr > Wissen. www.yahoo.de/clever > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-uvc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel >
You may try http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/VideoFourLinuxLoopbackDevice -- Pierre Gronlier _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
