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 > > > --
