> Well, unlike all of you guys, I'm not a guru in either Linux or frame > grabbers. I am forced to learn because of my work requirements. I'll > probably need someone to "hold my hand" while I make my first steps in this > field. V4L "Video4Linux" Thats the current interface. It works, its pretty easy to use but its not as complete as people would like and some of the more fancy stuff is a bit odd in places. V4L2 "Video4Linux2" extends and fixes up the API, makes it more powerful and more logical. There are some nice code examples around which do nothing but grab frames continually. If your main area of interest is to process the data then the examples probably do all you need to capture it.
