> From: gerard klaver <ger...@gkall.hobby.nl> > Reply-To: ger...@gkall.hobby.nl > To: sane-devel <sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:37:57 +0000 > Subject: Re: [sane-devel] Interested in writing a driver for... > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 23:40, Theodore Kilgore wrote: > > Could I also mention that there is the gphoto project, which specializes > > in camera support? If this camera is, like many others, a dual-use > > webcam-stillcam, then it may (or may not) be supported already in > > libgphoto2, for the stillcam functions. You can't always tell what is on > > the inside by the name stamped in the plastic on the outside. Some chips > > get used in 10 or 15 "different" cameras from "different" manufacturers, > > which are not distinguishable from one another underneath the plastic > > exterior. > > > > Unfortunately, however, it is not at this time possible to support the > > stillcam and webcam functions with the same driver; the stillcam support > > uses access via libusb, and the webcam support requires a kernel module to > > be written. Further to compound the problem, if a camera is "dual use" > > then the kernel module when installed will interfere with libusb access. > > > > Is this camera a dual-use camera? If so, I am really interested, because > > I am involved in stillcam support in libgphoto2. In any > > case, what is its Vendor:Product number? > > > > Theodore Kilgore > > > > > > Vendor id: 0x923, Product 0x10f (info from Greg) > > ICM532B chip, same as the biolux. > > No still camera function, uses ischrocous mode for data. > Not supported/ or not yet by libusb which makes it more difficult to > write a sane vidcam backend for it. > > -- > ---------- > m.vr.gr. > Gerard Klaver > >
Thanks for all the information. I was initially confused between writing a driver for Linux and writing a program to download the images. The latter is what I want. I used USB snoop to capture the data and there's a whole lot of it which I am slowly going through. Gerald has a good site which list his progress on the chipset. If I end up getting something to work, I'll post it here. Thanks again. -Greg http://ourwasteland.com/phpwiki/index.php/WebcamInterface
