Billy Biggs <vektor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Which driver version? The 0.7.x versions simply do not support capture > > using the read() system call. > > Should probably mention that these are the ones in the 2.4 kernel > (right?). Yes. bttv prints the version number to the log at insmod time, should easy to figure which version you are using. > So far we're unable to support read()-only supporting cards > in tvtime since I have nothing to test against. :) > > Is it supported in later versions? 0.8.x and 0.9.x versions can handle read(). bttv 0.8.x even has a insmod option to disable mmap() for testing purposes. IIRC also some usb webcam drivers support capture using read(). Gerd -- Weil die späten Diskussionen nicht mal mehr den Rotwein lohnen. -- Wacholder in "Melanie"
