Hi all, while the email to got delivered to prj...@linuxdriverproject.org & linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org the attachment made the linux-media list eat this mail.
Resending verbatim without attachment. Richard On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 13:16, Richard Hartmann <richih.mailingl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > as Hans de Goede does not have enough free time to go after this, he > asked me to poke the V4L list. As this also concerns Linux in general, > I am sending to the Linux Driver Project as well. [0] says to mail > prjmgr@ for new projects so I am doing that. Finally, I wasn't sure if > mailing LKML would reach people who might reasonably be interested in > this offer yet miss it due to not reading the other two lists. I am > still unsure but decided to default to the save option especially as > one additional email to LKML is a drop in an insanely-sized bucket, > anyway. > > > We have two USB cameras by IDS Imaging [1], the uEye XS [2] and the > uEye LE [3] which require a proprietary blob [4] to run under Linux. > There is an user-space API of questionable usefulness. We would prefer > native V4L support which actually works over said Linux "solution". > > > The USB IDs are: > > Bus 002 Device 007: ID 1409:1645 # uEye U|164xLE-C > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1409:1008 # uEye U|1008XS-C (seems to be a > Sony package meant for phones with IDS stuff around it) > > The full output lsusb -v can be found at > http://paste.debian.net/100555/ - the first entry is my mouse :p > > > The text on chips on the LE is: > > CY22150FZ > XC > 1007 A 02 > 609214 > > 2400P > ED4Ca > > 464WP > K018 > > Output from usbmon [5] is attached. It's only 344 kiB in size so I > decided to attach it for everyone's convenience. In case any list > filters out attachments, just poke me and I'll send them your way. > > > More stuff: > > * We will ship the cameras we bought to you. Preferably to a location > where shipping costs are not insane; Europe preferred. You keep the > cameras; they are yours. > * You try and get pictures out of the cams. We don't need HD or > anything. Our use case is criminal investigation so pics don't need to > be print perfect. > * The XS has auto focus and can somewhat dynamically adapt to > different lighting situations. Ideally, this should work. > * Hans will advise us on who of the volunteers, if any, are best > suited for this. I don't know the V4L community; he does. If we get > volunteers via the Linux Driver Project, I don't know how people are > selected, but I am happy to go with whatever they propose. > * While we know that no guarantees of any kind can be made, we > obviously prefer fast results over slower ones. If someone has gobs of > time available and is looking for a end-of-year project, that is a > huge plus :p That being said, we don't expect miracles. > * As the cameras were not cheap, we would appreciate, but do not > require, a short mention in the initial commit message[s]. > > As an aside, if anyone can point us to any small (around thumb size or > smaller) cameras, both with really wide angle and narrow angle, that > connect via USB, FireWire, or Ethernet and are well-supported under > Linux... we are all ears. The pictures will need to be fed into > zoneminder, other than that, we don't really care how we get the pics > as long as it's reliable and supported for the longer term. One would > assume that dozens of webcams would fit the bill, but most of the ones > I could find have been EOLed for ages. > > > Thanks, > Richard > > [0] http://www.linuxdriverproject.org/foswiki/bin/view/Main/MailingLists > [1] http://www.ids-imaging.com/ > [2] http://www.ids-imaging.com/frontend/products.php?cam_id=125 > [3] http://www.ids-imaging.com/frontend/products.php?cam_id=48 > [4] http://www.ueyesetup.de/frontend/files/uEyeupdater/Setup_e.htm > [5] http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/usbmon-6.tar.gz > -- Richard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
