Re (3): Using a Fire-i camera
* From: Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>
* Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:21:20 +0000 (UTC)
> And now I recall... I think the raw1394 interface was removed from Debian
> kernel time ago, but I don't know what's its current status nor how this
> finally affects Coriander, maybe you need to manually build/enable those
> kernel modules again >:-?
Yes, raw1394 is obsolete. I've installed vloopback-source
and loaded the module. That should be enough for the kernel.
> (look at the first message, what's that "juju" firewire stack the user
> mentions? :-?)
The last two sentences in this section explain a little; although
the link to reference [34] about migration to juju is dead.
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394#Operating_system_support";
Similar information here. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/FireWire
I know of nothing more informative.
After a little trial and error I'll say that /dev/fw1 appears
to be the output from vloopback. /dev/fw0 gives an error
as in my original enquiry. Reasonable enough considering
that vloopback duplicates a device for V4L usage.
> ... how this finally affects Coriander, ...
Appears that Coriander in Debian merely needs the default
device updated from /dev/video0 to /dev/fw1. A bug report is
appropriate.
Now the remaining puzzle is that Skype and xawtv still can't use
/dev/fw1. Example.
peter@joule:~$ xawtv -device /dev/fw1
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.32-5-686)
xinerama 0: 1024x768+0+0
/dev/fw1: wrong device
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
no video grabber device available
peter@joule:~$
Man v4l-conf tells that I shouldn't need to run v4l-conf directly.
So what should be done next?
Thanks, ... Peter E.
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