Re: [linux-uvc-devel] HP Webcam HD 5210 - no h264 with guvcview

[Tim S. <ti...@bu...>]

On 05/06/15 06:31, Jayakrishnan M wrote:
> This camera seems to be following Skype encoding camera specification to get
> H.264 stream. The XU GUID bd5321b4-d635-ca45-b203-4e0149b301bc was defined
> in that specification. Skype has removed the specification from their
> website, but it
> is still present in some other websites. You will have to write an
> application that
> follows Skype specification.

Thanks that makes sense - and I was wondering how Skype would access the
h264 - handy to know they published a spec - The Way Back Machine has
the pdf here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20130205164703/http://developer.skype.com/resources/Skype_Encoding_Camera_Specification_v2.2.pdf

I assume these cameras are a bit of a historical curiosity now, and are
only supported by Skype - unless there is a lot of commonality between
the Skype encoding camera specification and the newer UVC standard?

Tim.