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| Newer page: | version 9 | Last edited on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:11:56 pm | by WigGi | Revert |
| Older page: | version 6 | Last edited on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 2:59:09 pm | by SssSss | Revert |
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Best bet (for now) is to get a camera with better linux support.
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..SsSs
-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!
+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 individual
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!
+
+One such driver is now available for download from the following website: http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/drivers.php
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+-- The kernel maintainers would not allow something like jpeg decompression inside a kernel module... they will argue (correctly) that this is something that should be done in userspace.
