----- Original Message ----- From: "Limos Special" <limossp@xxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 20:30 Subject: Re: Video Overlay and capture. > > --- Ronald Bultje <rbultje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 02:29, Limos Special wrote: > > > Is there anyway to capture the fields to different > > > buffers, using v4l1 ? > > > > Nope, v4l2 only. > Thanks, I will dig into it > > > > Now this is driving me crazy, you're number > > I-don't-know-how-much that's > > asking this. Really, cheap TV cards cost EUR50 or > > so, even less > > second-hand. Developping applications and driver > > that can switch channel > > on card at such a rate while maintaining quality > > takes days, weeks, and > > at EUR50/hour (even cheap programmers cost money), > > that'd mean that > > developping these applications is a *lot* more > > expensive than just > > buying a second TV card for your second cam, or even > > 4 cards, or 10, or > > 100. > > > > Why are people doing this? > > > > A: Video capture cards aren`t that cheap overhere, and > employers aren`t that practical. Putting programmers > price versus hardware price in a chart to an almost > hand made security surveillance system, in a 3rd world > country is not something that would work. > My approach is try to do the best, and after that, > show work done. The machine I am working right now has > 4 bt878 cards, and I am trying to prove a point that > its not possible to do more than 2 fps per channel > with this setup, recording as jpeg images to disk. > I`ve just asked to make sure I am nor leaving anything > behind. > > Best regards > > > Ronald > > > > -- > > Ronald Bultje <rbultje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > -- > > video4linux-list mailing list > > Unsubscribe > > > mailto:video4linux-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > -- > video4linux-list mailing list > Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
