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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 1:39:57 am | by TootsHibert | Revert |
| Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on Friday, October 8, 2004 9:25:48 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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grab the "showvideo" package from [our software archive|http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/software/ov51x/].
Best bet (for now) is to get a camera with better linux support.
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+You can also intent to code the decompression in the kernel space! Take a look at the decompression for ov518: it is very very closed to JPEG decompression.
+But there are patents about JPEG decompression and that is why - as far as I understand - the module doesn't handle JPEG decompression in kernel space..
+But an indivudual that coded it for himself (and his friends ;) ) would not have to fear those patents... and the ov519 would work anywhere no mater with what app!
