Re: [gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?
Looks perfect. I'll try it out tonight. I have camE working, but it's not so lightweight. Thanks, Michael On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Jonathan Nichols wrote: tv quality - even a jpeg every second or so will be fine. Trouble is, all the software I've found so far assumes X and many other heavy libraries. All I want is to capture jpeg images - I could write the TCP/IP server part myself. This *might* be close to what you're looking for. It's lightweight and runs great. http://paginas.terra.com.br/informatica/gleicon/video4linux/videodog.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?
Thanks Hans, Although not exactly what I was looking for, your reply got me on the right path. I found a number: camE, camsource, gqcam, etc. camE seems the best for me, especially since it can operate as a true server with no X, which all the others seem to require (correct me if I'm wrong). And I actually got camE to work! Very exciting. First time I've made a webcam image myself. However, when camE is running, my system slows to a crawl. I've tried to set parameters to slow things down, thinking that too high a framerate is the problem, but even at a very low framerate the system is so slow that if I hit a key in a shell, I get a response in about 5 minutes. Yes, that's minutes. Any ideas? Michael On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: Hi, On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 01:29:23 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to be able to stream video from the webcam. I don't need full tv quality - even a jpeg every second or so will be fine. Trouble is, all the software I've found so far assumes X and many other heavy libraries. All I want is to capture jpeg images - I could write the TCP/IP server part myself. try out mplayer. You'll probably want to reduce its features to a minimum. Maybe you're better off compiling it from source yourself, circumventing portage. You'll want support for v4l(2) and jpeg. OTOH, there's VLC. This may be a good bet, too. It's specifically designed to do this kind of job. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?
tv quality - even a jpeg every second or so will be fine. Trouble is, all the software I've found so far assumes X and many other heavy libraries. All I want is to capture jpeg images - I could write the TCP/IP server part myself. This *might* be close to what you're looking for. It's lightweight and runs great. http://paginas.terra.com.br/informatica/gleicon/video4linux/videodog.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?
Hi, On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 01:29:23 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to be able to stream video from the webcam. I don't need full tv quality - even a jpeg every second or so will be fine. Trouble is, all the software I've found so far assumes X and many other heavy libraries. All I want is to capture jpeg images - I could write the TCP/IP server part myself. try out mplayer. You'll probably want to reduce its features to a minimum. Maybe you're better off compiling it from source yourself, circumventing portage. You'll want support for v4l(2) and jpeg. OTOH, there's VLC. This may be a good bet, too. It's specifically designed to do this kind of job. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?
I've built a somewhat embedded gentoo system that I use on a robot. I'm adding a webcam, which is a brand new field for me. I'm not even sure how to define what I'm looking for. I'm not using embedded-gentoo because I wanted to use the standard libc and not uclibc. I'd like to be able to stream video from the webcam. I don't need full tv quality - even a jpeg every second or so will be fine. Trouble is, all the software I've found so far assumes X and many other heavy libraries. All I want is to capture jpeg images - I could write the TCP/IP server part myself. I'm using a creative notebook webcam and the spca5xx driver. There is a suite of applications in a package called spcaview but it depends on X. Can anyone suggest a solution, or at least a path of further research? Perhaps what I'm looking for is a framegrabber and not a full webcam server? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
