Re: HELP...Moving to V4L2

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On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 17:20, Ronald Bultje wrote:
> Hi Rett,
> 
> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 20:57, Rett D. Walters wrote:
> > Can anyone out there tell me what the best way to move to V4L2 is?
> 
> Install the patches and compile the new drivers. Also, make sure your
> apps support v4l2 (xawtv, gstreamer, etc.). Recompile the apps as
> necessary.

Do you know if lavrec from mjpeg tools (mjpeg.sf.net) supports V4L2?
> 
> > I have seen various kernel patches and I am wondering if anyone out there
> > has a step-by-step recipe for patching the kernel for V4L2 capability.
> 
> There's just one v4l2 patch (?).

Where is the best place to get this patch??  I seem to have found
various sources, but I am not sure whats what.   
 
> > I am also concerned about compatibility with older (V4L) drivers, such
> > as the one for the DC10+.  Does V4L2 provide downward compatibility with
> > older drivers?
> 
> Yes (v4l1-compat.o), but it doesn't work for the DC10+, because it uses
> v4l-extensions. The v4l2-zoran-driver supports both video4linux as well
> as video4linux2, though. Checkout the 'driver-zoran' module, branch
> 'ZORAN_VIDEODEV_2' from the CVS at http://sf.net/projects/mjpeg/ for
> details.
> 
> Ronald
> 
Thanks a bunch.....

Rett Walters

> 
> 
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