Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] uvcview videograbber with preview available for testing

[Laurent P. <lau...@sk...>]

> So I'm quite disappointed.
> So how could I use my new webcam ?
> Is there a hope that one day I could use my webcam to do IM ?
> Or at least that I could record movies ?

Don't worry, there's always hope :-)

You can already use your webcam with uvcview or tvtime (if you apply following 
patch to tvtime: 
http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/linux-uvc/patches/tvtime/tvtime-1.0.2-videoinput.patch?op=file&rev=0&sc=0).

IM support will come (hopefully) soon. It's "just" a matter of implementing 
proper v4l2 and MJPEG support in Kopete and Gnomemeeting. Is there someone 
here who could fix one (or both :-)) of those applications ?

> Finally what can I do or wil be able to do  with my webcam ?

You will be able to use your webcam with all Linux video applications. There 
is no video multimedia framework widely used in Linux applications today, so 
all applications must implement MJPEG support. Maybe KDE4 will fill a big 
hole. But don't worry, Kopete will support your webcam before KDE4. Is there 
someone here already involved with the KDE multimedia development team ? It 
sounds like the right time to raise the video acquisition matter with them.

Laurent Pinchart