On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Luca Risolia wrote: >V4L1 lacks the proper interface for decompression to be done in user >space, and none will (re-)write a V4L2 driver or patch the existing
I suppose you mean that V4L1 doesn't define the compressed format. You could add a device-specific format like qc-usb does. But then you would need to add support for the format in user-space libraries too. (for qc-usb there practically isn't support for the camera own formats in libraries so they are useless). But V4L2 doesn't help, both have static set of formats (unless you're lucky and the format is already defined). >That said, it's true that a module in kernel space is not the >_best_ solution, but is actually a _possible_ solution for providing >full support for the features of the chips. Also, given that it would >be optional, why not let the users decide (we can disable it by default)? Yeah, that's the situation right now. In the longer run we need a standard libraries in user space. I know Gstreamer, but it isn't widely accepted yet. Btw, if this gets accepted into kernel, would qc-usb be accepted also, as it does format conversions too? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
