Hi Maritza, On Monday 18 August 2008, MARITZA BRACHO DE RODRIGUEZ wrote: > I want to know, how to access the video captured from a logitech camera > 5000 pro from two differents applications at the same time, if I am > using the uvc driver. > > For example, if right now I execute luvcview, it will give the image > captured in a window with the next messages: > Video driver: x11 > A window manager is available > video /dev/video0 > > If I executed a second luvcview program, while the first one is still > executing, it gives the next messages wiht no image: > Video driver: x11 > A window manager is available > video /dev/video0 > Unable to set format: 16. > Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal > [2]+ Exit 1
That's simply not possible. V4L doesn't handle sharing a single video stream source between different consumers. You will need a userspace framework, such as GStreamer, for such advanced functions. Your applications will of course have to be written specifically for the framework you chose. Best regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
