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| Newer page: | version 10 | Last edited on Saturday, February 26, 2005 5:41:51 am | by WigGi | Revert |
| Older page: | version 5 | Last edited on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 1:39:57 am | by TootsHibert | Revert |
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-The OV519 chip is used in some cheap webcams - for example, from [DSE] (product code XH5096) sold as "Internet Camera with Microphone".
+The OV519 chip is used in some cheap webcams - for example, from [DSE] (product code XH5096) sold as "Internet Camera with Microphone", as well in the Sony EyeToy
.
This [USB] WebCam supports 640x480 resolution images at 15fps, and video at 25fps, according to the box.
!Linux Support
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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..
-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 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
+
+-- 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.
