On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >>>I think that it would be greatly improved is there was a user land lib >>>that applications talked to. With the kernel just doing the interface >> Have you looked at the GStreamer? It tries to be like this. >GStreamer has nothing to do with interfacing with hardware.
yes, it has. With Gstreamer you open "V4L source", and attach a spider that builds automatically a pipeline for converting data from the source into the format you want. It also handles the actual device properly. >The use of a lib that talks to a particular type of hardware is very Actually, it is the kernel driver that makes this. We were talking about data conversion libraries that attach to standard V4L(2) interface and convert some random possible proprietary image format into something useful. >useful if all user applications have to re-implement specific features, >in order to talk to the hardware. ------------------------------------------------------- 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
