Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.9-ac3 | From | Xavier Bestel <> | Date | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:34:55 +0200 |
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Luc Saillard <luc@saillard.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 10:13:35AM +0200, Luca Risolia wrote: > > > o Restore PWC driver (Luc Saillard) > > > > This driver does decompression in kernel space, which is not > > allowed. That part has to be removed from the driver before > > asking for the inclusion in the mainline kernel. > > I know this problem, but without a user API like ALSA, each driver need to > implement the decompression module. When the driver will support v4l2, we can > return the compressed stream to the user land. I want a v4l3, which is > designed as ALSA does for soundcard, with a API for userland and kernelland.
Why not use gstreamer as a userland API ? You deliver compressed video through v4l2, then write a decompression plugin specific to your chipset.
Xav
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