On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 01:45:24PM -0500, Claus wrote: > On 3/23/2008 4:57 PM, Jacob Meuser wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 12:31:31PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > > >>Moreover it is also hard to justify time > >>spend in hacking those things if there is relatively inexpensive > >>hardware solution (video input devices supported by > >>bktr can be bought for about $150 now vs a good USB camera is probably > >>at least $50). > > > >heh. check the second-hand store for bktr/bktr compatible hardware. > > > >of course, a camcorder is much more bulky than a USB camera ... > > > >>I hope somebody who knows more about this issue put the end to this > >>pointless discussion. > > > >I think you've covered the bases pretty well. although, if someone > >does come up with a good, clean driver, who knows ... > > I played once with my bktr device and had success repeatedly capturing > still images and serving them on a web server. > > You should be able to find wired or wireless cams with composite output > for fairly cheap (quality probably reflects price). Eg ebay item > 170204183053 is a wired cam for $11 or item 130207574995 which is a > wireless cam for $40 (quite similar to what I used while playing > around). So there is no need for a bulky camcorder but it's still an > option and you might get better image quality. > > In case there is interest the dmesg excerpt: > > bktr0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "Brooktree BT848" rev 0x11: irq 5 > bktr0: Intel Smart Video III/VideoLogic Captivator PCI, <no> tuner. > > and a starting point to recreate my setup: > > #! /bin/sh > while true; do > bktr2jpeg -f cap.jpg -s 0 -w 640 -h 480 -q 100 > sleep 5 > done
we don't have bktr2jpeg in ports, but graphics/videod does something similar. > > Good luck, > Claus > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
