Klaus Heinz <k.heinz.nov.zwei@onlinehome.de> writes:

> If it's based on the information from the Linux driver (sponsored by
> Philips) then all of the Philips webcams in src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs.h
> might work (including my 675K :-) because that is where I got the data.

Yes, its based on the linux driver, so if you add data for your camera to
the tables it should work just fine.

> The Linux driver has a binary part 'PWCX' (available for i386 and PPC, I
> think) containing proprietary algorithms by Philips. Did you consider
> including support for the interface to this binary module?

Yes, the thought have entered my mind.

>> There is no video framework for netbsd, should there ?
>
> The last time I searched for information about webcams on NetBSD I only
> found references to pkgsrc/graphics/vid. I remember someone on the
> mailing lists suggesting to look at the video4linux API because this
> already has some application support.

I will look at v4l, but I was interested if any other had done work on
this on bsd's before.

Love