Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Gerber van der Graaf wrote: > > > A whole area of science that depend on image analyses (from microscopic > > to astronomics) might like to include different programs to control > > cameras. Some ideas: > > In general I like the idea to give the whole bunch of image acquistion > programs some structure and give some guidelines which might be relevant > for scientific purposes. But IMHO this would stretch the scope of > dataacquisition to large and I would prefer a separate imageacqusition > task. Well, I know images are data as well, but I think a split between > numeric data and image data makes perfectly sense from a user point of > view.
There might be some merit in an "ImageAnalysis" task as well (or perhaps instead). > > So I'm open for suggestions if anybody wants to provide reasonable > dependencies for a potential imageacqusition task. > > > Firewire/IEEE1394 kernel modules, libraries and the coriander program. > > Though I have the impression that this interface is currently under > > transition and not working properly with the Linux kernel currently > > included in Debian/Unstable: > > http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration > > Anyhow the Firewire interface (and coriander) support many cameras. > > > > Video4Linux: an apt-get search gave me a whole bunch of libraries and > > applications, partly overlapping Firewire. Maybe only a part of it will > > be sufficient. Yes, I've recently tried and failed to get a webcam working. > > Yes. We should probably put some barrier here to suggest only those > packages that are really useful for scientific research. Completely agree. Groups other than scientists will have these problems too - in fact surely there must be some other group in Debian dealing with video cameras/webcams? Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
