Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] V4L1 backwards compatibility

[Mikael N. <mi...@na...>]

mån 2006-02-06 klockan 23:29 +0100 skrev Luc Saillard:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 10:59:08PM +0100, Mikael Nilsson wrote:
> > If I understand the kernel API correctly, something like this patch
> > *should* bring V4L1 compatibility to the uvc driver. However, I don't
> > get a picture in gnomemeeting (old version, not ekiga), and not in the
> > proprietary app I talked about.
> > 
> > I suppose there might be a reson why this cannot work. Can anyone
> > enlighten me?
> > 
>  
> Because Gnomemeeting don't support MJPEG frame before beta2 and only in v4l2.

I suspected as much. Is it reasonable to assume most v4l1 apps don't
support MJPEG at all? Why is the support only for v4l2?

/Mikael

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