Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-20 Thread Sylvain Munaut
> I'm 90% certain that they use jpeg-lite with this chipset. Here's some > documentation on the compression: > >http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ft00&s1=divio.ASNM.&OS=AN/divio&RS=AN/divio Great link. I've n

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-20 Thread Alan Cox
> Fortunately, it looks like all of the claims involve compression and not > decompression, so you can probably implement a decompressor without > being sued (you should ask a patent attorney to be sure, though). Or live outside the United States of America and include a geographical restrictio

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Mark McClelland
Sylvain Munaut wrote: >I've find many doc about this chip. But it's made by divio and this >company seems very proud of their compression format jpeg-lite so there >are chances that this format is used for their webcam too. > I'm 90% certain that they use jpeg-lite with this chipset. Here's some

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Sylvain Munaut
> Just make sure this is NEW chipset. It could be a rehash of an old one, > already known and with a driver available. OOpps, i've made an error in my initial post, it's not NW812 but NW802 ... ( mystyping error ). It doesn't change manythings but ... Believe me, if i started writing my own dri

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Sylvain Munaut
> Don't forget to put a warning with the driver that users shouldn't buy > cameras with this chipset because the vendor is an idiot :) Hehehe. But if i should throw away all hardware where the vendor refuse to give out spec, I'll throw away half of my PC ;) ( Yeah i know i should choose my hardw

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Sylvain Munaut
> On the sourceforge pages for the 3com homeconnect > (http://homeconnectusb.sourceforge.net) we've chronicled the details of our > reverse engineering efforts. Tanx but i can't find where it is. On the "old project home page" there is a link to "His page detailing his investigations is here."

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Joe Burks
On Friday 19 April 2002 09:57 am, Munaut Sylvain wrote: > Hi > > My first question is : Are all usb webcam using about the same protocol > ( i mean is there a lot of similarities between protocols or are they > all completel different ? ) Never twice the same protocol it seems (okay, there may be

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Jeroen Vreeken
On 2002.04.19 18:57:23 +0200 Munaut Sylvain wrote: > Hi > > I'm new to the USB world, and to this ml so ... > > I've a webcam based on the NW812 chip which is not supported under > linux. And i'd like to write a driver for it. But the firm that sell > this chip don't want to release technic

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Dmitri
On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 09:57, Munaut Sylvain wrote: > I've a webcam based on the NW812 chip which is not supported under > linux. And i'd like to write a driver for it. But the firm that sell > this chip don't want to release technical spec about this chip ... So > I'd like to "guess" it's pro

[linux-usb-devel] Try to "guess" a webcam protocol ?

2002-04-19 Thread Munaut Sylvain
Hi I'm new to the USB world, and to this ml so ... I've a webcam based on the NW812 chip which is not supported under linux. And i'd like to write a driver for it. But the firm that sell this chip don't want to release technical spec about this chip ... So I'd like to "guess" it's protocol .