david howe wrote:
I have a 8600 AV PPC running debian using the stock 2.2 debian kernel. I
also have an old Apple conference camera which connects via the s-video
or composite video inputs on the 8600. After perusing the net looking
for pointers, I have found a lot of pointers to USB style devices or
quickcam serial devices but nothing that specifically relates to the
standard video camera.
Please note, this is an analogue device, Apple incorporated an onboard
hardware processor into their AV product line so I imagine I need kernel
level support for the AV side and then applications that will recognise
the device. Any ideas?
If it connects via composite/S-Video, then dare I say it's just a plain
old camera, not requiring any special support. Also, I don't know
anything about an "onboard hardware processor", but my PowerMac 7500,
and many other OldWorld systems, have a chip known as "planb" that's
used for video input, and the traditional AWACS chip/driver is used for
audio input. Take a look and see if the distribution you're using
includes a kernel module called "planb", or if you build your own
kernel, enable it in the kernel build.
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