iBot FireWire webcam on Debian Unstable (ppc iBook) help

llamakc · 12-05-2003, 02:01 PM

I'm running the 2.4.23-pre5-ben0 kernel that I rsynced two days ago. I have compiled in support for V4L and the FireWire. Here are my modules:

Code:

padme:/home/ken# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
videodev                7720   0 
raw1394                22068   0 
video1394              13364   0  (unused)
ohci1394               29768   0  [video1394]
ieee1394              197632   0  [raw1394 video1394 ohci1394]
dmasound_pmac          65680   1 
dmasound_core          13256   1  [dmasound_pmac]
soundcore               4396   3  [dmasound_core]
agpgart                18864   0  (unused)
airport                 3540   1 
orinoco                39240   0  [airport]
hermes                  9120   0  [airport orinoco]

gscanbus sees the camera. "coriander" sees the cam. But I don't understand how to view the cam output. I have apt-got all of the gstreamer-* stuff.

Anyone using a FireWire webcam on Debian? Tips? I have used mknod to create the /dev/video0 node and changed those permissions to 666. Google has led me in circles.

Ideas?

smith847be · 02-08-2004, 02:21 AM

If you still have the problem, then repost in Linux-Hardware - I don't know the answer. Otherwise, this post is just to get this thread off the 0 replies list.

nbd · 02-28-2005, 03:26 PM

As I understand, coriander works only with true DV-cameras. Most consumer models deliver packed DV stream, but the coriander works only with professional equipment which conform to the IIDC specs and send unpacked video stream.

Try kino or dvgrab (kino uses dvgrab as backend)