On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 06:41, Marian Jancar wrote: > I agree. But why should there be the same kernel interface for say bt848 and > an usb camera? The devices are completely different, they share only one > thing - data they produce are interpreted as images, but thats not important > from technical point of view :) They are completely different, but they share one thing - they both give images. In most cases, even in a common format (YUV I420/YUY2 or RGB 24/16/32/8). This means that you could use the same applications for things like frame-grabbing and TV/webcam watching if these devices share the same API. It's great that xawtv allows me to view video streaming from a Logitech Quickcam. Ronald -- - .-. - /V\ | Ronald Bultje <rbultje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - // \\ | Running: Linux 2.4.18-XFS and OpenBSD 3.0 - /( )\ | http://ronald.bitfreak.net/ - ^^-^^
