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Public bug reported:

I've used the packages below succesfully for some video related work.


http://dv4l.berlios.de/

The main video API for Linux - Video4Linux or V4L - does not support any
FireWire devices. You have to use one of those cheap USB webcams, even
if you own a camcorder with a much better lens and higher framerates.

Coriander is a tool to access FireWire cameras using the V4L API.
Unfortunately, it works only with IIDC compatible cameras, not with
camcorders.

DV4Linux is not as fancy as Coriander, but provides a similar
functionality for camcorders.

With DV4Linux, you can finally use your V4L application with better
cameras

DV4Linux provides two programs to access the camcorder. dv4lstart uses
the LD_PRELOAD mechanism and works with most programs. dv4l uses the
vloopback kernel module and might work better than dv4lstart in some
cases. Most V4L applications run with both programs, some only with one
of them. See here for details.

** Affects: broth
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: wishlist

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712408

Title:
  add dv4l

Status in broth - the mother of all soups:
  New

Bug description:
  I've used the packages below succesfully for some video related work.

  
  http://dv4l.berlios.de/

  The main video API for Linux - Video4Linux or V4L - does not support
  any FireWire devices. You have to use one of those cheap USB webcams,
  even if you own a camcorder with a much better lens and higher
  framerates.

  Coriander is a tool to access FireWire cameras using the V4L API.
  Unfortunately, it works only with IIDC compatible cameras, not with
  camcorders.

  DV4Linux is not as fancy as Coriander, but provides a similar
  functionality for camcorders.

  With DV4Linux, you can finally use your V4L application with better
  cameras

  DV4Linux provides two programs to access the camcorder. dv4lstart uses
  the LD_PRELOAD mechanism and works with most programs. dv4l uses the
  vloopback kernel module and might work better than dv4lstart in some
  cases. Most V4L applications run with both programs, some only with
  one of them. See here for details.