On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 03:24:06PM -0500, Claus wrote: > On 3/24/2008 3:20 PM, Jacob Meuser wrote: > >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. > > Just for the record. bktr2jpeg is fairly easy to compile on OpenBSD. > http://core.de/~coto/projects/bktr2jpeg/
well, as far as that goes, there also bsdav http://jakemsr.trancell.org/distfiles/bsdav-1.4.tar.gz it's kinda crappy (I can say that, since it's my own project ;P), and hasn't been worked on lately, but: bktrplay is a lighweight, yet somewhat featureful, viewer. I prefer it over anything else for watching tv or previewing incoming video. (use tunerctl from that package to adjust the tuner.) the bsdav format may be interesting from a security monitoring POV, as it adds a timestamp in each audio or video frame. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
