Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
>
>> > Speaking of community involvement in multimedia on Solaris, is
>> > anyone interested in or knowledgeable about importing and perhaps
>> > editing video from digital camcorders via firewire? Code for it
>> > exists in the kernel, but it's broken on x86. And I developed some
>> > shim code to make some Linux applications able to use the Solaris
>> > interface. If there's interest, we can try moving that forward
>> > faster.
>>
>> After having a closer look through the various Linux firewire
>> libraries, I am coming to the conclusion that it would be easier to
>> write a driver compatible with the Linux raw1394 driver rather than
>> hacking the various libraries, apps and fixing the Solaris av1394
>> driver. Any thoughts?
>
> After working on 1394 for a couple of years, I've come to conclusion
> that if *someone* does *something* about it, good things will come
> out. Complexity doesn't matter. DMA+IXL combo is pretty gnarly, so are
> the Linux interfaces - you're going to sweat your butt either way.
>
> -Artem
>
I have just uploaded spec-files and patches for the following to the
spec-files-extra repository on sourceforge.
libraw1394
libiec61883
libavc1394
dvgrab
kino
The only thing missing now is the raw1394 driver for Solaris....
It looks like it is next on the list :)
Doug
