From: Krzysztof B. <kb...@sy...> - 2006-09-29 10:50:56
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Joerg WEBER wrote: > Krzysztof Blaszkowski wrote: > >> yeah, i know but i think that at this very early stage this >> behaviour is more useful than harmful but agree once the patch will >> be included in svn release the v4l2 extension may display more >> summary messages like "found N >> palettes, using X" or "found N controls" instead of listing each of >> them. >> >> actually, discovering and setting video device properties are done in >> setup, aren't they ? do you mean setup = debug mode ? >> > I am really talking about a motion feature called 'setup mode'. You > can > set it on or off. If you have a minute, please have a look into the > Wiki. There is some more info about setup mode i see. okay will look there. > >> i think also about adding support for unix domain dgram socket for >> run-time controlling motion. An "echo \"something\" > >> /somewhere/motion/control_socket" is more useful for any kind of >> automation and integration with other software than http embedded >> interface. think about rsh ... >> > In the early days of motion, there was a different interface to remote > control via rpc. The drawback was that you need a dedicated > application that supports this method. We decided to go for an http > interface because it supports access for humans using a simple > browser and also for machines using simple http get requests. Using > sockets makes things unnecessary complex - at least in my mind. But > let's see what Kenneth and the other developpers think about such an > idea. I think this was already discussed during the http decision > process, but I don't rememeber anymore. let's see. Brgds, Krzysztof > > > Brgds Joerg. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- > and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Motion-user mailing list > Mot...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/motion-user > http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome |