Hi V4L-Specialists,
I have a question concerning the V4L2-API:
What is V4L2 exactly? As far as I understood the API reference it is a
complete API for reading data from a frame grabber. Is that right? Or is it
more like an API to develop drivers for frame grabber cards?
I had a brief look at the example apps, but I got confused be the API
specs. What is it all about??
Sorry, this might be stupid questions but I will be facing setting up a
surveillance app under Linux soon.
I will use a frame grabber from Matrox with something around 10 - 16
cameras attached to it. Has someone experience with such hardware specs? It
is not clear which one will be used, yet. I read in the specs that V4L2 is
not tested with multi-threaded apps. Is that right?
I mainly subscribed because this seems to be the only fully functional API
under Linux.
Thanks for your help,
Martin Peter Hanke
