Re: iBot camera, dvgrab stalls
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From: Jurgen K. <GTM...@in...> - 2001-01-31 22:02:38
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Hi, Unfortunately the iBot is not a DV camera but a DC camera. It transmits only uncompressed video. To use it you need the libdc library. There already some work done on getting it to send some video. See the devel-mailinglist for examples (e.g. Coriander) Cheers, Jurgen Bill Paulson wrote: > I'm having trouble getting 1394 running. It seems to be installed > correctly, as gscanbus runs and shows both the adapter and the camera on > the bus. Whenever I try a dvgrab, however, it blocks on a read trying > to get frames (I used gdb to check dvgrab's status). All the software > seems to be the latest. > Linux 2.4.0 with most recent 1394 updates applied > dvgrab 0.89 > libraw1394 0.8.2 > libdv-2001-01-07.patched > > Hardware is a Kouwell 582V adapter card, which uses a TI TSB41LV03 > physical layer chip, and a VIA Technologies VT6305 Link layer chip. The > adapter is supposed to be OHCI compliant. The camera is an Orange Micro > iBot. > > I have a vague suspicion that the camera needs something before it > starts up, but I've got no idea what (and I'm probably barking up the > wrong tree anyway). Any ideas? > Bill Paulson > > > > _______________________________________________ > mailing list Lin...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux1394-user |