[TriLUG] Advice on video capture devices

[Charles Fischer]

Google for v4l.  Then look for bttv.  The bttv is the driver for bt848 
and bt878 chips.  These chips are on many frame grabbers.  You may want 
to look at WDL Systems in Pittsboro for embedded gear 
(www.wdlsystems.com).  I have used the bttv driver for an embedded 
fabric inspection system and for some fun projects.  If you get a PC104+ 
board let me know, I may be able to help get it up and going.

Good luck
Charles Fischer

Rodney Radford wrote:
> So far no response...
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> So has anyone had any experience with video capture and/or frame grabbers under Linux in an embedded environment?
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> As a backup, I know the Hauppage PCI based boards used by the MythTV project will work, but I would rather have something USB based or PC104/PC104+ based.
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> Thanx,
> Rodney
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>> From: Rodney Radford <rradford at mindspring.com>
>> Sent: Feb 23, 2006 2:04 PM
>> To: trilug at trilug.org
>> Subject: [TriLUG] Advice on video capture devices
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>> Hi,
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>> I have been attending TriLUG for a few years now on a fairly sporadic basis, and have been a lurker on the TriLUG mail list, but I guess it is time to finally say hello - and, of course, ask for help...
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>> My interest over the past two years with Linux is as an embedded platform - both at home in my hobbies and in my job (Tekelec).  My current project, however, requires video capture and I have googled for some answers, but keep hitting the same dead-end each time.
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>> The preferred hardware platform would be a PC/104 board (or the higher cost PC/104+ board) as space and power is limited. The application will be as a control  system for a robot (see the K3A robot under products at www.cybermotion.com for a picture of the robot). The turret at the top of the robot already has a pan/tilt video camera that I need to use (which rules out using a simple webcam). 
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>> I think the simplest approach would be a USB based video capture device - does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of using one of these under Linux? Alternatively, do you know of any good online resources I could check?
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>> Backup approaches would be to use a direct PC/104 or PC/104+ video capture system - does anyone have any experience with this?
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>> Thanx,
>> Rodney
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>> PS: Assume the latest 2.6.x kernel for the project as this will be a hand-rolled embedded system booting off a compact flash.
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