Paul W. Morehead (paulm53@xxxxxxxxxxxxx): > Yet I have (I think...it's been a while) run into v4l apps that by > default assume that /dev/video is a video device, not a directory, and > thus need to be told to use /dev/video0. Basically, RedHat seems to > follow genuine Linus kernel source /dev/vid* arrangements, some apps > seem to expect /dev entries to be laid out with the symlink Hermann > recommends, and although I've been able to sort these differences out > on my own system, it still doesn't make sense in my head. Anyone > wanna hit me with a clue-by-four? this is on crack, sane applications look at /dev/video0 by default, and have a command line option or similar to select a different device. -Billy
