On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Nirav Patel <[email protected]> wrote:
> We spoke on IRC, but I'll echo the information to the list. > > Werner Laurensse will be writing a OS X version of the camera module > this summer via Google Summer of Code. He will be announcing more > about it, including his git repo and blog soon. It would be very > helpful if OSX users could test his code as he progresses through the > summer and provide feedback. > > I may take on writing a Windows version this summer if I have enough > time. Ideally, we would have native support for Windows rather than > wrapping another library. > > I'm not sure about adding v4l support, as I don't think there is much > hardware around that requires it anymore. If there is enough demand > for it, it may be worthwhile, as I think some of the v4l2 code could > be reused. > > There is currently support for OSX, Windows, v4l, libdc1394, and > others through OpenCV and VideoCapture wrappers that René has written. > > The camera module will be distributed with Pygame 1.9, which will most > likely be coming at some point this year, though I don't think we have > a specific date planned for it. > hi, see other email re: pygame 1.9 release date. I think the current plan is to release pygame 1.9 without a complete camera module... in six weeks. Marking the camera module as experimental in that release. Then have a 1.9.1 release with all the new code from GSOC... so maybe 4-6 months time. Of course we will have the normal pre-release binaries available through the build bot... so people can easily test and use the advancements as gsoc progresses. Does that sound like an ok plan Nirav? cu,
