Re: [libvidcap-devel] question about v4l2 interface

[Peter G. <jpg...@gm...>]

Hi Rory,

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Rory Petty <ror...@gm...> wrote:
> Is there any plan to develop a v4l2 interface? Most of the cameras I
> have use v4l2 now days.

I haven't looked in-depth at the differences between v4l and v4l2
lately, but as I recall there was not a clear benefit in using the
additional stuff that v4l2 provides over v4l for what libvidcap was
trying to accomplish.  All those v4l2 devices are backwards compatible
with v4l, so using the older v4l API actually allows for somewhat more
device support than using v4l2.

Is this different than your understanding? Are there features in v4l2
that might benefit libvidcap?

Thanks,
Pete