[AG-DEV] V4L Issue

Claus Endres claus at endresconsulting.com
Wed Jun 25 19:01:36 CDT 2008


Hi Jason,

Please don't drop V4L support.

We experience serious performance problems with V4L2 and BT878 capture
cards. We only achieve about 15 fps using MPEG4 and 4CIF. V4L runs fine
at 25 fps.

WE are using Fedora 8 and AG3.1.

Regards,
Claus.

Jason Bell wrote:
> Hi Guys
> 
> I have just found a bug that I was wondering if anyone else was
> experiencing...
> 
> This bugs is somewhat related to the email I sent about "Lastest kernels
> (Fedora) causing issues with the AG Software".  Anyway, I have found on
> my test machine:
> 
> 	Fedora 8
> 	2.6.25.6-27.fc8 Kernel
> 	AG 3.2Beta (Latest
> AccessGrid-3.2-0.1.20080625svn.fc9.noarch.rpm)
> 	vic-2.8ucl1.4.0beta
> 
> If I use a V4L device, even by itself, when the vic starts it basically
> locks up!
> 
> Can I suggest that the AG no longer looks for V4L devices and only uses
> V4L2 devices.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason.
> 



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