[libdc1394-devel] Re: Troubles with libcam1394

[Dan D. <da...@de...>]

On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 15:31, ma...@ch... wrote:

re: examples/grab_color_image.c

> I thought it could help to have the program ask for some parameters:
> a. camera id

will do

> b. output file name and/or path

definitely

> c. format and mode of shot

sorry, but I am not willing to implement this at this time because it
will require too many YUV->RGB conversions to support. Do you realize
how much this would impact your performance if you plan to use 9 or 10
cameras?

> I understand that all I'm asking could be too much, but it would solve my 
> current problems at 100%.
>  
> > That is hard to answer since I do not have any experience with libcam.
> > However, I assure you there is no general problem with using RGB modes
> > with the Linux1394 drivers. Users of libdc1394 have not reported
> > problems either. Trust me, if it did not work, we would have heard about
> > it by now! The new grab_color_image will test it for you.
> >
> 
> This assures me a bit more.
> It would be interesting for me to know more about the most used cameras from 
> people of this list.
> I'm testing the software solutions with unibrain fire-i and probably will use 
> fire-i400 in my project. What do other people use?

I am on the low end using iBot and iRes StealthFire.