So far no response... So has anyone had any experience with video capture and/or frame grabbers under Linux in an embedded environment?
As a backup, I know the Hauppage PCI based boards used by the MythTV project will work, but I would rather have something USB based or PC104/PC104+ based. Thanx, Rodney -----Original Message----- >From: Rodney Radford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 23, 2006 2:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TriLUG] Advice on video capture devices > > >Hi, > >I have been attending TriLUG for a few years now on a fairly sporadic basis, >and have been a lurker on the TriLUG mail list, but I guess it is time to >finally say hello - and, of course, ask for help... > >My interest over the past two years with Linux is as an embedded platform - >both at home in my hobbies and in my job (Tekelec). My current project, >however, requires video capture and I have googled for some answers, but keep >hitting the same dead-end each time. > >The preferred hardware platform would be a PC/104 board (or the higher cost >PC/104+ board) as space and power is limited. The application will be as a >control system for a robot (see the K3A robot under products at >www.cybermotion.com for a picture of the robot). The turret at the top of the >robot already has a pan/tilt video camera that I need to use (which rules out >using a simple webcam). > >I think the simplest approach would be a USB based video capture device - does >anyone have any first-hand knowledge of using one of these under Linux? >Alternatively, do you know of any good online resources I could check? > >Backup approaches would be to use a direct PC/104 or PC/104+ video capture >system - does anyone have any experience with this? > >Thanx, >Rodney > >PS: Assume the latest 2.6.x kernel for the project as this will be a >hand-rolled embedded system booting off a compact flash. > > >-- >TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ >TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
